Hrs: 8

Joining floor, main spar with rear spar and rf

After weeks of preparation it was time to join the major assemblies.

First a made a wooden structure on top of an old Ikea table:

Next I lifted the tail:

And fitted all assemblies together:

With everything in place I could rivet the floor skin to the stringers. The stainless steel rivets of SB0014 should fit without any reaming. Since the rivets give a better fit than cleco’s I aligned these holes by inserting the stainless steel rivets and to prevent them from falling out I added some masking tape:

Next was riveting, the holes through the main spar need longer rivets:

As well as the holes from the aileron control stops:

Here 2 photos of the right and left side after riveting the structures together: