Firewall 27-6-2
Finishing up the remaining riveting from the firewall section of the plans, I finished riveting the rudder pedal support bracket to the firewall recess. These are tricky due to limited space within the recess for the rivet gun, but I was able to set all rivets using a 1" offset mushroom set.
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| The rivet in the top corner of the recess was the hardest to set, but I taped some wood blocks to the recess to help prevent the mushroom set from wandering while running the rivet gun |
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| With easy access to the rivet tails, shop heads formed well |
With this step taken care of, I'm calling the firewall section complete. I will still have to attach the stainless steel heat vents, but I'll do that later as I add additional components to the firewall.
Time Taken: 0.3 hours
Dates: October 15 2025
Firewall Total Time: 51.3 hours
RV-10 Build Total Time: 1197.2 hours
Priming Total Time: 142.6 hours (not included in build time totals)