4 hours of prep and priming and all parts for the rear spar are done, including some J-stiffener.
The night before, I was thinking that I should test the spray gun since I last primed the ribs. I figured something might have gummed up in there despite my having fastidiously cleaned it out after using it the first time. I didn't get around to doing that. So after cleaning and etching all the parts, I fired up the gun with some water and all that came out was air. 1 hour later, following a near complete disassembly (and serious consideration of an emergency run to buy a new gun), I determined that the plunger which controls the valve opening/closing the fluid was stuck and wouldn't open.
Next will be :
- Riveting together the new right torque-tube bracket to fix my error from before.
- Putting the inboard-most rib on the right spar.
- Riveting that torque tube support bracket to that rib.
- Riveting the aileron brackets together.
- Riveting the various doublers to the spar.
- Ream out the "critical hole" in the forks and doublers. No mistakes allowed here.
- Rivet the rear spar assemblies to the ribs on the main spar.
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