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Sunday, July 1, 2012

Riveted right skin to forward spar and attached rear spar: 7.3 hours

The right side went a lot quicker than the left. I didn't have any bad rivets on this section

After I got the rear spar temporarily attached I did some practice riveting with the pneumatic squeezer. It went well so I ended up doing some riveting on the rear spar. The squeezer is much easier and faster than the rivet gun!



Horizontal stabilizer ready to be riveted


Tight spaces


Ready for final riveting


This shows some of the structure that let's the RV-7 sustain +6/-3 g's (stronger than light planes, business jets, or airliners)


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