Date: 08-22-2026
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Number of Hours: 1.00
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Short Description: Right aileron – Rivet spar and bottom skin (21-08)
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I spent some money a while back and bought my first pneumatic squeezer. There have been a few times in the build where I thought it would be nice to be able to squeeze from both sides…where the hand squeezer or even a typical pneumatic squeezer the handle or cylinder needs clearance on one side. Well, I got a chance to test out the alligator squeezer, and it worked great. It was still a little tight on one side, so I ended up grinding down the yoke for a little better fit. The alligator squeezer requires washers to get the right rivet set instead of a threaded rod that can be adjusted.
I started riveting the bottom skin, which is a tight fit for my hand, but didn’t get much time to work on the plane this past week. I did get to take the -12 up and it was a picture-perfect evening for a flight.
Spar rivets set with alligator pneumatic squeezer (26-090)
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Alligator squeezer (26-092)
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Bottom skin riveting in process (26-094)
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