RV-9A: Flaps - 12/7/2007
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 Getting ready to rivet the trailing edge of the left flap
Alright, the moment of truth. Can the intrepid redneck builder make a straight trailing edge on this flap? I taped my 4 foot long steel angle to the edge of my work bench. Then I laid two sheets of 1/8 inch masonite in front of the steel angle to make that the flaps lays flat on the table while getting backriveted.
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 Placed the rivets in the flap and taped them down
Datsa' lotta' rivets! I taped them down with Scotch Brand Magic Removeable tape. I found this tape at Office Max.
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 The final product! Straight as an arrow!
The whole thing went fairly fast. I hit each rivet with my backrivet tool on the rivet gun with a single "blurp" of the rivet gun. Then I flipped the flap over and finished off the trailing edge with my mushroom rivet head on the rivet gun, with the same short "blurp" of the rivet gun.
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 Thar' tis!
No on to the right flap!
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 Riveted the hinge assemblies together on the right flap
This went much faster than the left flap assemblies, now that I know what I'm doing.
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