Finishing Firewall

-Continued firewall riveting

-Riveted all brackets on

-Tidied up some bucking bar damage on 601j brackets and touched up with alodine pen

-Apart from rivets for cutout to be done later the firewall is done

   

Manual Reference: 7-11

 

InstalledRemoved
Rivets Today710
Wing Rivets338773
Fuse Rivets1652
Empennage Rivets221549
Total Project Rivets5773123
Hours2
Total Hours524
Statistics

Firewall RHS Riveting

-Built a quick cradle to hold the firewall and make it easier to work on

-Riveted Right hand side of firewall together

Manual Reference: 7-11

 

InstalledRemoved
Rivets Today702
Wing Rivets338773
Fuse Rivets942
Empennage Rivets221549
Total Project Rivets5702123
Hours3
Total Hours522
Statistics

Right Flap Completion

-Riveted bottom skin-spar-hinge

-Right Flap Complete

Manual Reference: 7-11

InstalledRemoved
Rivets Today570
Wing Rivets338773
Fuse Rivets240
Empennage Rivets221549
Total Project Rivets5632121
Hours1
Total Hours519
Statistics

Right Flap Closing up

-Finished riveting flap skins to each other

-Clecoed 706B to inboard rib, drilled to platenut, countersunk and riveted together

-Riveted both end ribs to assembly

-Slid spar in and pop riveted spar to ribs

-Drove top row of skin-spar rivets

-Riveted 706 a & b brackets together

 

-All thats left is to squeeze bottom row of skin-spar rivets

Manual Reference: 7-11

InstalledRemoved
Rivets Today1125
Wing Rivets333073
Fuse Rivets240
Empennage Rivets221549
Total Project Rivets5575121
Hours2.5
Total Hours518
Statistics