This first rivet kicked a little sideways which also made one side of the flush head on skin sit proud a little bit which I wasn't happy with. I may have been able to improve how the rivet was sitting if I squashed a little more paying more attention to the angle of the bucking bar and rivet gun. That however, wasn't assured.
So I drilled him out and set him again. Gotcha!
This rivet was in a difficult spot on the HS front spar. This should've been around a AN426AD3-4.5 rivet. By the time I'd messed it up a couple of times, I needed to try an Oops rivet (NAS426AD4). Even then, I'd damaged the flange enough that it wouldn't sit flush against the spar.
....and then the inevitable happened...
I decided at this point is was best to turn the lights off and walk away for now.
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