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Monday, April 15, 2013

Left flap riveting: 9 hours

I made some v jigs to hold the flap and then started riveting the ribs to the bottom skin.

I then got the top skin riveted to the bottom skin and ribs.

Although Van's claims this is the easiest control surface it is still very involved and has some tricky riveting.

 

Bottom skin and ribs in v block jig:

 

A little tight...

 

Everything done except the spar and hinge: