Monday, November 15, 2010

Prep and Attach Side Skins

 
This morning I deburred the edges of the side skins and dimpled the triangular area in the wing root area for the attachment of nutplates.  I used the Cleaveland Tool edge breaking tool to break the bottom and aft edges of each side skin.  I removed the blue vinyl film and after dimpling the nutplates I riveted them to the inside of the side skins at the triangular openings.
 
I attached the right side skin to the fuselage and used clecoes to prepare it for rivets.  I also attached the left side skin to the fuselage but I still need to fill in the field with clecoes before I can start riveting the left side.