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Splice plate

rv9aviator

Well Known Member
I made a dumb mistake today and thought I might keep someone else from doing the same. I was assembling the leading edge skin and ribs for my left wing. The instructions said to also rivet in the splice plate at the same time. I set the aft two rivets on the ribs and was getting ready to install all the rest of the rivets when I remembered to rivet in the splice plate. DON"T FORGET the rib that goes with the splice plate. I squeezed all 24 rivets in the leading edge skin and 919 splice plate before I realized I left out the 908 rib.
At least it's easy to drill them out and start over.
Jim
RV-9A wing N662RV Arkansas
 
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Jim

Having built a RV6 and now A 9A, There were times when I ran out of fingers with strings on them.

Peter
 
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