Rudder Stops and Stiffeners
Back in the shop after a few days off. Finally tackled both rudder stops on the aft lower fuselage. They're attached with longish AN426-4-6 rivets and I was concerned about bucking them solo and having clinching issues. Removing bad ones would be a pain. After rehearsing it a little and finding the best way to hold the bucking bar I got it done. The rear ones used the squeezer and were fine. That done I moved to the 2 internal diagonal stiffeners and they went in fine. I elected to substitute MK-319-BS pulled rivets on the very bottom of both for due to the proximity of the rudder stops and difficulties getting a bucking bar on the shop head. The #6 screws I'd ordered from Aircraft Spruce arrived and I mounted an access cover to see how it would look. I'm glad I went with the flush screw option. It was worth the extra effort for the clean look it gives.