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[charlesh]

Yes, I finally was made to utter an Oh, Sh&^%!! That was after I had skinned up the entire stabilizer that I realized that I had forgot to rivet the front spar to the end rib and those clecos were doing a fine job of holding everything together. So, what to do now?

Option 1: Drill out as many rivets as it takes to pull the skin back far enough to get a hand in there. (rather not)

Option 2: structural cherry max rivet.

Seeing as Vans calls out for the entire mid section rib to be pop riveted onto the front and rear spars, I think I would do just fine with Option 2. I am going to give Vans a call tomorrow to see what they say, but I have a feeling that it will be just fine. Here's a pic