Marty de la Motte's Blog – November 2011 Archive (2)

Wing parts fabrication

Cut out the 8 flaperon brackets and 8 slat supports from 0.090".  I don't have a bandsaw, but it's amazing what you can do with a table mounted circular saw, a belt sander and some patience...

Tried the new 5.5" solid rivet driver on the remaining spar rivets on the starboard spar.  Found it tends to kick around more than the short heads, so even more care has to be taken.

Added by Marty de la Motte on November 22, 2011 at 4:53pm — No Comments

Wing spars

Commenced solid riveting on wing spars.  Almost completed one spar - found it difficult to set the rivets along the top of the spar doubler because of the bend at the top, so have ordered a 5.5" head which should be long enough to prevent the spring on the air gun from hitting the bent section when setting.

Happy with most of the rivets - had a couple that I had to drill out and re-set because of damage to the head caused by the gun slipping, but 99% worked fine.

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Added by Marty de la Motte on November 13, 2011 at 5:06pm — 4 Comments

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