Took the side skins, longerons, side plates, and upper drag fittings off and deburred all the holes I match drilled. Then I countersunk the holes in the side plates.
| Today’s Time (hours): | 1.0 |
| Fuselage Time (hours): | 102.0 |
| Total Time (hours): | 556.5 |
Jared came over and helped me rivet the bottom skins. Thanks again! I neglected to take any pictures. Imagine the picture below with rivets where all the clecos are. Had to remove and reinstall the landing gear brackets to get all the rivets in.
Installed the control column.
Temporarily clecoed the side skins in place.
Temporarily bolted the upper and lower longerons to the firewall assembly and match drilled the cowling attach hinges and the longerons.
| Today’s Time (hours): | 7.0 |
| Fuselage Time (hours): | 101.0 |
| Total Time (hours): | 555.5 |
Constructed a support leg from scrap wood and bolted to the bulkheads. Then turned the fuselage assembly up on its side to rivet the bottom.
Put clecos in all holes to be riveted. The final drilled and blind riveted the bottom skins to the drag links. This is as far as I could get without a riveting partner.
Sealed the muffler ramp to the bottom skins with fuel tank sealant.
Dimpled and countersunk all of the parts except the skins.
Riveted the roll bar angles to the intercostal ribs.
Fabricated the seat adjustment guides and assembled the seat adjustment stuff to the cross brace.
| Today’s Time (hours): | 5.0 |
| Fuselage Time (hours): | 94.0 |
| Total Time (hours): | 548.5 |
Ron's RV-14A Build Log 