Van's RV-9A in Aurora

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Flying! 8/28/2011

Monday, October 26, 2009

Quick build fuselage!

1.8 hrs, 167 rivets
I have a quickbuild fuselage kit!
Mark came over to help, and we knocked out the last rivets.

Finished forward bottom skin to firewall flange rivets, 970 skin to longeron rivets where they were obscured by the 905 bulkhead.
Riveted 925 and 926 baggage ribs to 970.
And finished riveting 970/706 bulkhead/aft fuselage rivets.



It's a canoe! We could have flipped it, but I want to mess with the main gear weldments and the holes in the skin. A quick trial shows these aren't close to going in, and some trimming on the 972 will be required. This is best done upside down.

Still need to rivet the steps.