{"id":9531,"date":"2023-08-03T16:32:59","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T16:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/?page_id=9531"},"modified":"2023-08-05T20:55:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-05T20:55:25","slug":"july-20-2023","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/?page_id=9531","title":{"rendered":"July 20, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/?page_id=9520\">[&lt;&lt;Prev]<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/?page_id=9511\">[Next&gt;&gt;]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I got most of the skin-to-skeleton rivets installed today. I was able to use my pneumatic squeezer for everything. This is the fun part of airplane building.<\/p>\n<p>The first thing I did was rivet the counterbalance skin\/ribs to the main spar.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0945-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9589\" src=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0945-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0945-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0945-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0945-768x576.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0945-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0945-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Both skins were riveted to the skeleton. This is looking awesome.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0947-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9533\" src=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0947-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0947-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0947-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0947-768x576.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0947-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_0947-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the rudder counterweight installed. I added 2X washers to each fastener stickup to ensure the nuts were not shanking out on the screws.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_1026-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9534\" src=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_1026-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"707\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_1026-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_1026-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_1026-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_1026-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_1026-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After torquing down the counterweight, I got the top rib installed. I used 2X blind rivets on the aft end of either side. 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