Vertical Stabilizer – Day 6 – 5 Hours

Got a lot done today. My friend, John Wagner came over to help a bit. First we got the rear spar riveted together:

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Notice the flush rivets near the bottom of the front spar.

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Then, we also riveted the front spar and ribs together…

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Afterwards, we spent the rest of the time deburring and dimpling the skin. I need to build a table for the C-frame still. The C-Frame table top would go over the bottom of the C-Frame so the skin doesn’t flop around. For now, I had help holding it steady. And then we finished up by clecoing the skin onto the skeleton. And here it is all ready to rivet the skin on.

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