RV-9A: Horizontal Stabilizer - 10/13/2005
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 Finished riveting in the middle ribs to the left Horizontal Stabilizer skin
Here's a shot showing some the riveting that I did on the middle ribs. After this, I used one of Van's wooden cradles as a pattern and made another one to hold up the whole Horizontal Stabilizer so I could starting working on attaching the rear spar.
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 Clecoed in the rear spar
It's amazing how the HS firmed up after attaching the rear spar. You get the overwhelming feeling that this dude is really strong. I pop-riveted the rear spar to the inner middle ribs and used by Avery pneumatic rivet squeezer on the end ribs. Did I mention how much I LUV the Avery pneumatic rivet squeezer? I get a kick out of how it "poots" after every rivet.
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 Ready now to start riveting the skin to the rear spar
I decided to take the Horizontal Stabilizer out of the wooden cradles and lay it on some foam rubber mattresses. I think it will make it easier to squeeze the rivets. I will use the Avery hand squeezer on these puppies.
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