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Marty de la Motte's Blog – February 2012 Archive (1)
Finally... spars completed!
PLEASE tell me the spars are the hardest (physical) component of this plane to create. After 286 solid AN5-6 rivets my left shoulder, neck and lower back are aching. I know there's a few more to go... some longer ones on the spar root fittings, a few in the cockpit, not to mention those pesky little 3-3 suckers on the trailing edge... but I'm over it. After this plane I never want to see a solid rivet again, let alone set one. I'd have a ceremonial "chucking the bucking bar" in the dam,…
ContinueAdded by Marty de la Motte on February 29, 2012 at 5:17am — 2 Comments
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