2004 Flight from KKLS

2004 Flight from KKLS
This photo is from when I was flying the airplane out of Longview, WA. This was taken early in the morning..

RV-6 #25188 in flight

RV-6 #25188 in flight
Doug Eves sent this photo of the Ol' girl in flight. Taken from the ground, this is a great shot. You can see he is "relaxing" in his office in the sky...

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Debur, Dimple and Prime.......

I have been working hard the last few days getting all of the skins deburred, dimpled and primed. ALL of the skins are done and I have started to rivet some skins on. I riveted the leading edge skin onto the ribs today and attached it to the wing. The .032 skins rivet a lot nicer than the old .025 skins. They come out smoother. I have clecoed the top wing skin in place and I am ready to rivet it on. I just need someone to help me out with that job. I back rivet the top skin and I have some very special backriveting bucking bars for the job. I had an old friend who used to be a machinist and he turned me out a bar out of some stainless round stock. Then I got the face polished so its very smooth. It leaves a very nicely bucked rivet head smooth with the surface of the skin. I just need a good rivet bucker to get me past this hurdle.

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