I continued riveting the horizontal stabilizer this evening. I riveted the inboard inspar ribs to the stringer web, riveted the stringers to the web, and then riveted the outboard ends of the stringers together. The flange-nose squeezer yoke came in really handy again – very glad I made that purchase.
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Next up is riveting the stringer assembly to the front spar. The inboard inspar ribs are skipped for now as the nose ribs share the same holes. The other 4 most inboard ribs on each side are riveted for now. I completed all of these rivets with the squeezer (yup, the flange-nose yoke again).
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All rivets to spec the first time – calling that a win. Skin riveting is up next which means I need to break out the rivet gun and bucking bar..