Wednesday, May 3, 2023

Tailcone assembly part 3

 Finished up the tailcone assembly!  - 5 man hours.

Started today by finishing up the rivets on the right side.


Right side done!

Preparing the forward vertical stabilizer skin attach rib.  Final drilling the holes to size.

Dimpling the screw holes.

Dimpling the rivets.

Riveting on the nutplates.

Top skin cleco'ed on

I am not 100% happy with how the top skin overlap came out on the aft end.  There are a couple puckers that left a very slight gap which should get hidden by paint but it bothers me.  Also between the aft rivets is not as smooth as the rest of the skins.  A little wavy.  I followed the directions on breaking of the skins and increasing the break on the aft end but not sure if I went too far or not enough.  It is definitely acceptable but not what I would have liked.


Riveted the vertical stabilizer front skin attach rib to the tailcone.


Top skin rivets done!

Riveted in the center J stiffener and the magnetometer mount brackets.


Tailcone all done!



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