I was down to my last 4 rivets of the tail cone when I made a major oops. I was squeezing a flush rivet on the F-01412 bulkhead when apparently the flush set of the rear rivet set either slipped off or was never on the tail of the rivet I was setting. The result was a nasty impression of the flush set on the flush side of the rivet. Since this bulkhead is where the vertical stabilizer attaches I'm quite concerned that the structural integrity has been compromised. Replacing this bulkhead will be a major task and set back in the momentum I had going. It definitely puts a damper in the joy of my recent wing kit order. I have an email in to Van's and will call them to follow up on Monday to get the verdict. In the meantime I'm left in purgatory to wonder.
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