Joshua's RV-9A Project

Sealed all the ribs into the right tank, following the same procedure used for the left tank.  Got a later start than planned when the used-only-three-times-previously scale refused to show anything other than an error message (“oUt2,” which of course isn’t mentioned in the 1-page, 5-language “user’s guide”…); ended up making a trip to town to exchange it.

Started riveting the left tank ribs.  Clinching over a rivet or two on every rib so far; I think due to the angle of the inside of the tank (read: my lack of apparent ability to keep the bucking bar at the correct angle), combined with the wet proseal on the rivet.  The first two ribs were wearily slow, but it started moving much faster once I began pulling every other cleco on a rib and doing them in “batches”…ie. all the ‘even’ rivets, then all the ‘odd’ rivets.  Squeezed the rivets on both end ribs, and shot the bottom of the tank before calling it a night.  Hoping to wrap this riveting and start working on prep of the LE’s this weekend, leaving the right tank sealant to cure ’till next weekend.

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