David's RV-10 Build

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Day: March 2, 2014

Marathon Sunday Pt 2

After eating a hearty sunday dinner. I came back to the shop. I grabbed a can of spray glue that I asked my dad to pick up while he was at home depot, and glued the foam blocks. I figured I had a little while to do these and might as well let them dry good.

Next I began by riveting the two skins together for each half. This is where my airplane almost went for its first flight. Right after I got done riveting, I realized one elevator had 2 trim access ports on it. This is what I get for being distracted by my brother and his friend. I spent about 2 hours drilling out all the rivets and re-riveting the skins the proper way. I think the plans make riveting the 2nd skin appear to be far harder then it is. My tool kit came with the special bucking bar for the RV10 and it was quite easy to do.

I finished the night off by riveting the front spar assembly into each elevator.

Marathon Sunday Pt1

The first thing I did this morning was to prime the skins. I didn’t have room on the cardboard last night so I decided to wait till today. I used some rivet tape to make my lines to cover the proseal area from the primer.  After priming, I riveted the trim cover reenforcement plate to the skins. I put the nut plates on last night but I believe I forgot to document that.

Next involved back riveting the rib halves to the skin not too much excitement here.

Next I followed it up with riveting of the rear spar to the skin with the larger of the 2 rib halves. I also installed the shear clips and gussets at the same time.

Right around this time I ran home for dinner.

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