On a bit of a roll from yester day, I set out to complete
the horizontal stabilizer. With the lessons learned, I made relatively short
work of it. The process of yesterday was repeated and overall everything went
excellent. I think if memory serves me, I only used two opps rivets on the
right side (I think only one on the left side). I'm very pleased with the riveting....I am
feeling quite comfortable with it now and notice that its best with the bucking
bar in my left hand, and the rivet gun in the right.
A setting of 1.5 on my rivet gun with a "1
mississippi" count yields a near perfect set rivet for a -3 rivet. A
setting of 3 with the same count is near perfect for a -4 rivet. I am beginning
to "hear" when the rivet is set. There is no doubt now that I think I
have turned a bit of a corner with the riveting.....Much to my relief.
The horizontal stabilizer is now complete (well with the
rear spar, HS0005 and HS0006 not installed to allow for the MD-RA inspection.
