Saturday, December 5, 2020

Final fitting of fuse skins and started riveting - 5.5 hours

Overall the fitment when clecoing the fuse back together is really good. The fit however could be a bit tighter on the pilot side where the side fuse meets the corner rib. I can probably slide a dime or penny in a slight gap between the two. If I cleco it...the gap disappears but it doesn't sit well with me doing that. 

So I unclecoed most of the pilot side skin, Re-levelled the saw horses and cleco'd the side skin back on. And bingo...fit is fantastic. The skins on both sides fit nice and tight with the corner ribs on both sides. 

Once that was done, I started working on the fit of the side skins with the seat ribs. A bit of clecoing, re-clecoing, I inserted AD4 rivets by hand in a few of the holes which helped massage the fit better 

I am happy and ready to rivet. I started in by riveting the center spar section (F-704) on both sides