Rivets
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 5:46 pm
Hi Brian
Yes I shortened the rivet. One was for a top skin to rear spar hole that was
precisely lined up with the bolt that holds the flaperon bracket. "Murphy's
Laws" according to my wife.
I am definately near the 90% to go stage with only a couple more years of work.
At Daryl's suggestion I replaced a few rivets at the rear of the tank skin with
5/32" ones to fix my skin alignment problem. The wings are now finished except
for the pitot tube. I have MAM's wing mounted unit which has one static hole
that can either be on the top or bottom of the tube. Neither orientation seems
right so am thinking of drilling two more on the sides and maybe plugging the
existing hole. Or I could use a separate static vent.
The floor is drilled and ready but not in the fuselage at this point so it is
perhaps a good point to see the fuselage if anyone wants to drop by. (near
Guelph - About 35 miles West of Toronto International Airport). I don't have the
space for more than about 2 visitors at a time though. (people brave enough to
enter the basement have to walk sideways) The floor should rivet in quickly now
that the weather is warming up and then it's back to work on the controls.
Ken
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Yes I shortened the rivet. One was for a top skin to rear spar hole that was
precisely lined up with the bolt that holds the flaperon bracket. "Murphy's
Laws" according to my wife.
I am definately near the 90% to go stage with only a couple more years of work.
At Daryl's suggestion I replaced a few rivets at the rear of the tank skin with
5/32" ones to fix my skin alignment problem. The wings are now finished except
for the pitot tube. I have MAM's wing mounted unit which has one static hole
that can either be on the top or bottom of the tube. Neither orientation seems
right so am thinking of drilling two more on the sides and maybe plugging the
existing hole. Or I could use a separate static vent.
The floor is drilled and ready but not in the fuselage at this point so it is
perhaps a good point to see the fuselage if anyone wants to drop by. (near
Guelph - About 35 miles West of Toronto International Airport). I don't have the
space for more than about 2 visitors at a time though. (people brave enough to
enter the basement have to walk sideways) The floor should rivet in quickly now
that the weather is warming up and then it's back to work on the controls.
Ken
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