Haven't updated the blog in a while, but I've been studying and doing research this whole time.
Back in July, I took the very nice
SportAir RV Assembly course at the Flabob airport in Riverside, CA. It was a 2-day course where I learned all the basics - drilling, deburring, dimpling, countersinking, many riveting techniques, bending, etc.
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| Getting to Flabob the night before |
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| My first-ever riveting job. It sucks, of course, but better to play on some piece of scrap metal than on the real plane :) |
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| Wing section project parts (before anything was done) |
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| Deburring |
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| Course workspace |
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| Course workspace |
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| Dimpling (hammer it, put down the hammer, chase the dimple die which fell out, put it back, repeat) |
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| Middle structure of the section ready to rivet |
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| Main wing section spar assembly |
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| Back of the main spar structure |
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| Riveting the spar |
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| Drilling holes |
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| Skin cleco-ed for riveting |
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| Half of the skin already riveted |
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| Heading back to Palo Alto the same night |
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