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Forward Spar Countersinking

October 17, 2017 by admin Leave a Comment

This evening I had a little time to countersink several holes in the rear side of the center forward spar. This area has flush rivets installed because a steel plate is eventually bolted to the HS forward spar in this area. The steel plate is used to attach the vertical stabilizer. I found a really good picture […]

Last Bit of Vertical Stabilizer Riveting

May 13, 2016 by admin Leave a Comment

Today I’m splitting my post into 2 entries. This first part is just to document the last bit of vertical stabilizer riveting. I just had to finish up with adding rivets to the root rib at the lower end of the VS. In the picture below, you’ll note that I am using the “Main Squeeze” […]

Vertical Stabilizer Riveting Continued

April 29, 2016 by admin Leave a Comment

Tonight I continued with riveting the vertical stabilizer. After following the RV-8 building instructions for this part, I marked out the riveting process sequence on the skin. The first step was to rivet from the VS-707 rib and front spar upwards toward the VS-706 tip rib. Second step was to rivet from VS-707 down the […]

Vertical Stabilizer Riveting

April 25, 2016 by admin Leave a Comment

Tonight I was able to start riveting the vertical stabilizer (VS). I began by getting the frame clecoed together. Here is a close-up shot of the root ribs and spar junction. This next picture is of the VS skin dimpled.  You will note the location of the additional stiffeners added as part of the F1 […]

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