Left Wing Final Assembly 3

Final riveting of the left wing.  Funny side note: When you set a pull rivet the stem comes off and you have to make sure it comes out of the rivet gun.  When doing a wing skin there are lots and lots of rivets. So we would set one, tilt the rivet gun, the stem will fall on the skin and roll down the skin onto the work table.  If you are not careful a stem will roll into the open structure of the wing and they can be tricky to see.  As you are probably thinking, we checked and double checked but once the wing was finished and we flipped it around on the bench, sure enough we heard the rattle of a stem in there.  Dan and looked at each and had to laugh.  We will have to fish it out later.   Another side note: we forgot to torque the tie down bolt with the structure open.  We will have to get the torque wrench in there somehow.  We are really happy to have the wings finished.

  

 

Now onto the fuselage!

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