Time to rivet the elevator rear spars.
Here I've already riveted a few and the next couple of images show how...
Luckily, Vans sell a special bucking bar specifically designed to split the gap in the trailing edge without stretching things and enabling the rear spar rivets to be set with relative ease. These were some of the easiest rivets to set as the angle on the bucking bar is designed to be parallel with the spar when setup as below leveraging off the edge of the bench...
Here are some shots of the internal rear spar rivets and some of the nicely set skin rivets. The bare aluminium is for the trailing edge wedges that need to be installed next. However, this whole section needs to be inspected by a CASA rep prior to the wedges going in as the trailing edge is riveted at the same time as the wedges are pro-sealed in place - obviously can't be inspected after that.
Below are some images of the elevator ribs riveted into place ready for the rear spar.
Trailing edge clecoed - need to arrange inspection on this now.
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