Lots of blind riveting! And by blind I'm not referring to pop rivets, unfortunately, but riveting without seeing your bucking bar. Phone cameras were infinitely helpful to see what the heck we had done:
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| Rivets inside the wing |
Most of them were ok, but there were more than a few that had to be replaced, too:
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| Bad rivets that needed replacing |
Some also required a bit of contortionism to buck:
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| Wife performing contortionism to bucket a rivet behind and above her without seeing it |
Still a ton of riveting left...
Total bottom wing skin rivets: 548
Total bottom wing skin time: 77h
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