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Airplane build update: I had ~30 minutes to do a little airplane work and a special tool had just arrived. The end of the elevator outer rib is super tight (and I've read elsewhere that Van's used to dimple this for you) but mine was not. So I ordered pliers with a dimple die welded to it allowing access to that area and dimple it. No idea how I'm going to buck that rivet. I thought I had time to debur and dimple a skin.... nope

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Aug 17, 2024 at 4:00pmWeb
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Four days later I got some time to continue and finish dimpling the elevator skin. The next part had me a bit perplexed. You have to countersink the inboard 29 holes (top only) of the rear elevator spar. The material is so thin that you easily enlarge the holes though. Not sure what I'm going to do about it now, I'll figure something out. Then I began scuffing the finished parts and doing any deburring I missed for priming them later.

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