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Riveted in the cuss-it, I mean gusset

The end rib and elevator spar come with #40 holes pre-drilled, so after riveting the spar to the rib, I positioned the gusset and drilled the holes with a #40 drill bit and clecoed everything together. Then it was just a matter of going back and enlarging the holes the to the #30 size that was needed for the larger rivets. I think this gusset is an after thought for the RV-9. The RV-7 doesn't have one.

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