Yaaaaaah now we are getting somewhere!
Taking full advantage of the day off!
20170821_155608 by Jereme Carne, on Flickr
Taking full advantage of the day off!
20170821_155608 by Jereme Carne, on Flickr
awesome, inching closer day by day
I am happy to see your wing pictures and progress. I have to strip the skins off of my wing for the most part and I can use this page as a visual aid! Have to build one wing all together as well. Thanks for the help!
Your work really looks super clean. I hope I can match this quality of work whenever my wings show up.
How is the riveting on the wing? That is next for me Jereme.
After I drill out all the rivets and start riveting new skins...lol
Kent riveting of the wing has been pretty easy so far. Riveting the leading edges was no problem but I did have someone to help me hold the gun steady. I wouldn't attempt anything close to the tip of the leading edge without someone holding it. Riveting ribs was easy. Riveting the leading edge to the spar was difficult to set the rib to spar rivets but the skin to spar rivets were a breeze with the squeezer. After all the bucking you have had to do for your fuselage it will be no problem at all. I also had a bit of trouble with the tank riveting but I think that was mainly because I couldn't see things since they were covered in gorilla snot! In the next week I'll be doing to top skins using the back rivet method so we will see how I do at that new task.
Thanks Jereme. I have found a person who I think can help me from time to time...
Sorry to hear the backriveting didn't work for you. It worked fantastically for me, with the right tool and technique! But either way, you win!
The one I have is from cleavland. Link here:
http://www.cleavelandtool.com/mobil...BACK-RIVET-SET/productinfo/4653/#.WsMUuHNlBJc
It is so shiny! Very nice work!
Did you do anything about the pillowing or leave as is? I just finished my right wing and there is minimal on that one but the left LE is a bit more noticeable. I haven't riveted the left together so it may tighten up a bit but im not sure. Nice job BTW.