Britt and I were able to finish all the two person riveting on the top skin. (Time is the combined time we both put in.)
We ended up using the the back riveting technique and it yielded very nice results.
For this I crawled into the fuselage with the rivet gun and back rivet set and Britt was outside with a special heavy bucking bar. I did some contortions, riveted and checked each rivet from the inside. Britt would buck the rivet then move the cleco, insert the next rivet, put riveting tape over the rivet and repeat. The process worked great and there was only one rivet we had to redo.
Lounging in the fuselage:
My beautiful partner:
Back riveting gives very smooth results:
The remaining rivets can be solo riveted or reached with the squeezer.
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