Fuselage - Center Section
Finished riveting the seat ribs to the F-776 bottom skin.
 | Just like the left side, I managed to get all of the right side left-handed, except for the middle rib. Now, I'll try back-riveting these two rows.
Update 11-30-05 - do not rivet the F-704 now. See the Fuselage Center Section 11-25-05 for when the screw-up was detected. Update 11-30-05 - do not rivet the F-704 now. See the Fuselage Center Section 11-25-05 for when the screw-up was detected. |
 | As with the bottom fuselage, I had a few problems with back-riveting. First, you cannot get a straight shot on the backside of the rivets, because of the rib flanges. None-the-less, most of the rivets were acceptable, until I got to the end of the ribs. Again, the centersection rises up at the ends, and you have to hold the whole center section down while back-riveting, or the rivet pushes out on the otherside. So, I ended up with these three rivets to do over. Then, I found two more on the other row that I redid, as well as a few along F-704. |
 | The drill-outs went ok, except for one, which ended-up needing an oops rivet. Anyway, this part is done, that's enough for tonight. |