Roll Bar Riveting Done
Finished up riveting the front and aft roll bar sections together. Pulled rivets (LP4-4 and CS4-4) where used for this since there's no access to the rivets back side for bucking. I used my hand puller even thought there were quite a few rivets. My HF pneumatic puller was acting temperamental and I wasn't getting consistent test rivets so I went with a reliable manual puller. Didn't want any drama. Everything went smooth and all the flush CS4-4 rivets along the upper perimeter came out nice. I also got the aft bushings and doublers installed. Then clecoed in the whole roll bar assembly and brace for a test fit. I'll hold off final installation for now to allow better fuselage access. It has to painted and I'd like to wait till I have other cockpit items to paint so I can do a big batch at once. These include access covers and seat pans which are all in the Finishing Kit which I've yet to receive.
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