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dmasys(at)cox.net
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 Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 3:38 pm Post subject: Ouch. That was hard! |
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My wife and I just finished riveting the bottom outer wing skin on the left wing today. Clecoing everything from the rear spar forward to the J stiffeners makes the longest and most uncomfortable reach I've ever had for a riveting job. Plus it amounted to about 350 blind bucking events -- a new record. It's a good thing we had the experience of pounding about 18K rivets on the previous plane. The whole thing was done by feel with a bit of after-the-fact inspection. Even at that, it was hard to be sure the bucking bar was fully parallel to the skin surface, and we got a few dings where the bar bounced and pushed out from the inside of the wing. I kept remembering that the Apollo I astronauts were killed by a wiring defect that resulted from a blind assembly, and NASA hasn't allow that kind of construction ever since.
Still, it's nice to have the left wing closed at 275 total shop hours. On to the right wing...
-Dan Masys
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jhasbrouck(at)woh.rr.com
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| Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 5:21 pm Post subject: Ouch. That was hard! |
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Dan,
I hear ya!!!! Closed the left wing with the help of a couple of
friends, finished the right side by myself. Happy that its done!
John Hasbrouck
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toaster73(at)earthlink.ne
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| Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 8:18 pm Post subject: Ouch. That was hard! |
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Mirrors can check your work or boroscopes.
-Chris Lucas
#40072 headed for the bottom skins too.
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