Thursday, October 12, 2017

Empennage, Aft Fuselage (Part 49)

It only took a short session tonight to finish riveting the right Top Side Skin.  My buddy Jeff helped me shoot the last 44 rivets and it went pretty quickly.  The clecos you see on the side are locations that do not get rivets during this section of the build.  The Aft Fuselage assembly will be joined to the Fuselage in the future and be riveted at that time.  In the three photos below, I’ve attached the Top Skin to the Aft Fuselage.  The Top Skin is now ready for riveting, but I will have to wait for a second set of hands to set the last 118 rivets.  Once those rivets are set, the Aft Fuselage section will be complete!