January 5th
Rudder
Today I installed the spar assembly I riveted together on December 24th. Just 3 pop rivets connecting the spar to the stiffener clips.
Everything was going smooth until I reached the rudder horn. The distance from the rivet hole and the horn was tight to get the rivet squeezer into and on the top one the rivet popped out a bit while I was setting it, similar to the rivet in the stiffener that I skipped on accident above.
This time I decided to drill it out and reset it. This was surprisingly easy and made me regret not doing this to the other rivet.
Next I installed the rudder horn brace. I really don't know how you would get this installed without a rivet squeezer to set these rivets.
I am still having issues getting the rivet squeezer to set the larger rivets. I playing with the settings still and have worked the rivets to a level on happy with, but it shouldn't be this hard. I think Im still not doing something right.
Rudder 6.0 Hours
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