Tag: Riveting

Fuselage, spar, skins progress

The spar carrythrough “foot” in place for bottom skin riveting.

The spar carrythrough “foot” in place for bottom skin riveting.

Forward and mid fuselage placed on sawhorses with clecoing of overlapping bottom skins underway.

Fuselage structure continued…

Lower gear brace in position, but not yet torqued.

Lower drag fitting in position.

Center section side plates clecoed on and about to be drilled to the upper drag fittings.

Upper drag fittings drilled to center section side plates.

All set for riveting of the forward and center bottom skin overlap area.

Fuselage, firewall structure

Cover panels and nutplates riveted.

Battery box priming underway.

Forward and mid fuselage lower structure overlap area primed.

Battery box riveted to firewall.

Forward and mid fuselage lower structures clecoed together.

Forward and mid fuselage lower structures clecoed together.

Yours truly with the work-in-progress.