28/04/2020 - flap brace rivetting and pitot mast -

Squeezed the left wing flap brace using the pneumatic squeezer.

I also had to shoot some more rivets on the angle that attaches the pitot mast to the wing rib. I didn't make this angle in the first place but decided that it would be more firm and less prone to developing cracks if the pitot mast is supported by the wing rib. I made the angle little earlier, primed it with some other parts and now it's ready to be rivetted in place as wel. This is shooting and bucking. No room for squeezers.

The ones on the rib were too difficult and I decided to use cherrymax pop rivets for those 3 rivets.

The skin rivets were set with AN426 rivets.

Inside view.


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