Right Elevator Skins

Now, same for the right, right? I wish.

The main spar rivets went without an issue...

Looks nice.

Then came the skin to E-903 rivets. I mustn't have had them lined up very well as the two larger shop heads in the below photo indicate where I decided to drill out the hole to take a NAS426AD4-4 rivet. Not proud of this section, but it is what it is and ultimately, it's just as strong - arguably stronger.

Pick the odd one out...

And a better shot showing the difference between two correct sized AN426AD3-4 rivets on the left, and the NAS426AD4-4 rivet with the larger shop head on the right.

The centre rivet below is what happens when you don't keep pressure on the rivet when using the rivet on the other side (skin surface). What it's done is semi set, but the manufactured head (skin side) is not sitting flush with the skin (didn't take a photo).

That being the case, I had to remove it, and try again. Because I'd squashed a little of the rim of the hole, this would have a tendency to lean over when being set.

So I took it much slower to make sure it was setting correctly....this is about 60% set.

That's better.

And this is the skin side...

That top rivet doesn't look very good. I don't think I noticed that when I took the photo but I will now go back and check it. There also shouldn't be any gaps between the flange and skin. Luckily, this section is still easily accessible.

All done...