More riveting on the HS

Got my pneumatic rivet squizer from Averytools along with rivets and a rivet cutter from Aircraft Tools Supply. Used the rivet squizer on the trailing edge. From all the tools I have purchased, the pneumatic rivet squizer must be the top.

The riveting is going very well. On the next parts I have to remember not to drill holes too close to the ribs.

Started riveting the skins

After a few tries with wrong bars, the first line of rivets on the HS is formed. According to Tom at Van's it is best to try to rivet as much as possible in the jig to be sure that the HS is straight.

Dimpling the HS

Dimpled all the holes in the HS. Riveted on the extensions to the HS-406. Primed the skeleton "a bit" with epoxy on top of the wash primer.

Visit by the controller

The controller visited today, before I rivet on the skins. After a few adjustments to some rivets that were not squized enough, everything was OK. I think I will order a pneaumatic squizer from Avery tomorrow, or at least before I start with the wing spar.

Primed the HS skins

Primed the HS skins and touched up some on the VS spar.

Trimmed and deburred the HS skins

Trimmed the LE and tip of the hs skins. Deburred all holes. The HS is finally ready for priming and riveting.

Fixing the HS-406

Adjusted the fabricated tips slightly and drilled them on. This clearly shows the original HS-406 being about 1/2 inch too short. The only thing missing now is that the dimension on the drawing is wrong and should be 10 1/2 inch instead of 11....

These tips probably will not do much structurally, but they certainly holds the tip of the HS better in place. When primed and riveted on, the whole thing looks better as well.