Wednesday, April 5, 2023

VS Assembly Part 1

Finally time to squeeze and pull some rivets - 3.25 man hours 


Time to rivet the hinge assemblies together.


Top and bottom hinge assemblies riveted together.

Cleco the upper spar caps to the aft spar.

My first pulled rivets.




Using the wedge tools to pull the rivets close to the flange.


Works like a charm!

The shop side of the riveting.

Time to rivet the nutplates.


Using the squeezer to rivet the nutplates.

All done!

The nutplates on the front spar.


These one leg nutplates are next.

All done!

Riveting the rib to the front spar!

Next riveting the lower spar caps to the rear spar.


A ton of rivets with many requiring the wedge tool.




Spar caps done!

Riveting the other ribs to the spars.


All done!

Video on how I dimple nut plates.

Riveting the nuplates to the main skin.

All done!
Matching the skeleton with the main skin,.

I like allot of cleco's!

Cleco'd and ready to rivet.

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