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Monday, March 21, 2016

2 hrs. breaking my back trying to fill the rivets on the bottom of the leading edge and fuel tank...  May need to flip it over or just put it off for now...

Just too difficult to do this upside down.  Was hoping to avoid having to flip it to do it, but I don't think I can finish it like this.

NEXT TASKS:
  1. Finish the bottom rivet filling.
  2. Rivet the one on the step rib that needs special handling.
  3. End rib installed (Jig needs to come off).
  4. Wing tip assembly riveted on and light installation.
  5. Composite filler for join between wing tip and skins. Perhaps other seams can use some filler?
  6. Put the aileron and flap on the wing to check for straightness of the trailing edge (Thanks Peter, I saw that on your blog! ;-)). Based on what I'm reading online it seems likely that I'll need to re-rivet some of the aileron/flaps to line up the trailing edges...  Wish I knew this before I had riveted them...
  7. Finish right wing.
  8. Finally finish one of the composite tips of the elevator.
  9. Fill rivets of elevator with Bondo.
  10. START ON FUSELAGE!

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