Finished up the roll bar tonight!
Started out by riveting the flush rivets that go under this latch plate. Tapped the holes for the screws. Be extremely careful here as it would be super easy to screw up which hole is which and either countersink or tap the wrong hole.
Aft side all riveted with the switch bracket.
Front side all finished.
Next was riveting these roll bar braces together. These get the small universal head rivets. Strange Van's calls out so many of these but does not recommend a 3/32 universal head set in the tool recommendations.
Then I drilled the rollbar to the heavy roll bar brackets that are bolted to the fuselage. Ensure the rollbar is sitting flat against the face of the machined bracket. Then check it again as this is important!
Rollbar riveted to the heavy brackets and the reinforcement braces all riveted on.
Then I drilled these two holes full size. Have no idea why yet.
Next visible milestone completed! Won't be long till we are making airplane noises.
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