Began assembly of the aft fuselage - 5 hours

Nice big day in the garage today. I started the fuselage assembly with riveting both the F-729B angle and the autopilot servo mounting bracket on the F-729 rib. Rather than squeeze the rivets, I opted to start the set with hand bucking them and then finish with the squeezer. I find that the result is much better and consistent set rivets as the AN470 rivets tend to slump if your not careful about being perfectly centred on the rivet head. The setup for clamping takes some time.


Next I began the long tedious process of cleco'ing the aft fuselage together...Again.


much of the time is taken on trying to get the fuselage perfectly straight.