17JUL2022
Started today out with putting in a couple more cable tie mounts near the root end. I had to grind down another rivet head to work with the A5 rivets and the cable tie mounts. Then I finished riveting the last section on the rear channel. I left the root rib clecoed for now, just in case I need to drill out the two A6 rivets; it's a little easier to drill those out if I can pull the rib away from them a bit. Also loosely attached the strut mount.
Then I moved downstairs and deburred the bottom skins. I kind of wasted a bit of time doing this as not all the holes were final size and I had to drill them anyway. Next time, I'll check the skins better.
I started clecoing the skins on and that's when I realized the holes were not final size on the O/B bottom skin. The skin holes were #30 and the ribs were previously drilled to #20. Fortunately the clecos were able to line things up and hold it well enough for me to back drill the skins to open up to #20 at the rib locations.
Also got a few of the support l-angles clecoed in between the ribs.
Cable Tie Mounts
Modified rivet head for A5 rivets for use with cable tie mounts
Rivet head fits nicely along with my nut spacer
Strut attachment and tie down
Bottom Skin Clecoed
Bottom Skins Clecoed
Build Time: 5 hours