2.6 Hours -
Once again, only the rear spar remains. This time, it is the vertical stabilizer that is almost finished. After a little more than an hour and a half, I had all the rivets in that needed to be bucked. This included all the rivets holding the skin to the VS front spar and VS-707 rib.
All the VS rivets that had to be bucked are in.
After bucking all the rivets that needed to be bucked, I proceeded to squeeze all the rivets attaching the skin to the VS-704, 705 and 706 ribs. The two rivets on VS-706 (the upper most rib), closest to the leading edge were a little hard to get to, but I managed to squeeze the squeezer in. All other rivets were relatively simple.
The VS is done except for riveting in the rear spar.
Overall, I’m much happier with my riveting now. Everything is nice and flush, and I only had to drill out one rivet!
