Today we made a lot of progress. It was great to see some visible progress again. We first continued work on riveting the top flap skin to the ribs. After a slight modification to one of our bucking bars (we needed to grind off some of the steel to make it a little narrower) this task was completed quickly. After that we riveted the bottom left flap skin to the main spar. It wasn't an easy task but we got it done (the flap is very narrow and our hands are not). That's all that can be done on the flap until the inspection is completed.
After that we did a quick clean-up of the workshop and then returned to our old nemesis, the fuel tanks. We completed riveting the interior ribs on one of the tanks and riveted one of the outside ribs. One of the fuel tanks is getting close to being ready for inspection.
There will be a break in construction for the next few weeks. Expect an update on February 20th.
Still working on riveting the top skin onto the flap.
A shot of the flap.
Another shot of the flap
This is far as we can take the flap for now.
Back to working on the fuel tank for a little while.
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