Tailcone- 1 hr 38 mins (Tailcone 74:38, Empennage 250:10, Total 271:06)
Rivet count: 311 (Total 4,405)
The riveting continues! -G came by to help out with riveting the stiffeners to the bottom skin. What a difference having another person helping. I highly recommend it. We did 1.25 times as many rivets in less than half the time. Tonight, I also had a bit of good luck. We started to rivet the side stiffeners from the aft end and immediately noticed the holes weren't quite in line. Had we started from the front, we wouldn't have noticed until after riveting a lot rivets. Turns out I had installed the D an E stiffeners in a swapped configuration. So it took nearly 30 minutes to disassemble half the side skin to swap the stiffeners and cleco everything back up. Smooth sailing from there. I'll finish up the stiffener-to-skin rivets tomorrow before moving on to the frame/bulkhead-to-skin rivets. -M
Rivet count: 311 (Total 4,405)
The riveting continues! -G came by to help out with riveting the stiffeners to the bottom skin. What a difference having another person helping. I highly recommend it. We did 1.25 times as many rivets in less than half the time. Tonight, I also had a bit of good luck. We started to rivet the side stiffeners from the aft end and immediately noticed the holes weren't quite in line. Had we started from the front, we wouldn't have noticed until after riveting a lot rivets. Turns out I had installed the D an E stiffeners in a swapped configuration. So it took nearly 30 minutes to disassemble half the side skin to swap the stiffeners and cleco everything back up. Smooth sailing from there. I'll finish up the stiffener-to-skin rivets tomorrow before moving on to the frame/bulkhead-to-skin rivets. -M
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