Put a slight taper on the edge so the front top skin will lay tight to the rear top skin.
Close up view of the edge.
Skins ready for priming.
Primed tail cone components.
Primed tail cone components.
The first riveted tail cone component.
Back riveting the bottom skin to the frames. The first step taken to rivet together the tail cone. Not necessary as shown in the plans.
Back riveted frames to the bottom skin.
Back riveted stiffiners.
The tight fit and offset rivet shank
Page 10-21 step 3, riveting the bell crank ribs to the forward bottom skin. You may want complete step 3 prior to step 2 and rivet the bell crank ribs to the forward bottom skin first and then squeeze the bellcrank rib angles to the ribs. This would make the riveting to the bottom skin much easier.
