---------------------------------------------------------- RV7-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 01/15/07: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 05:32 AM - Re: baggage floor platenuts?? (Joseph F. Giallo, II) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:32:44 AM PST US From: "Joseph F. Giallo, II" Subject: Re: RV7-List: baggage floor platenuts?? For what it's worth, make sure you put at least one of the corrugated conduit runs in on each side of the tunnel under the baggage floors - having to do this was the reason I had to remove the floors and replace them. Charlie England wrote: > > Yes, but drilling out pops & 'repopping' isn't anywhere near as time > consuming is drilling out 2 rivets for each nut plate & then > resqueezing 2 rivets for each nut plate if the floors come out. > > > Don Hall wrote: > >> >> Don't you still have all the pop rivets holding the floor down? >> ****************************************** >> Don Hall N517DG (registered) rv7 fuselage >> http://rv7.donka.net >> ****************************************** >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-rv7-list-server@matronics.com >> [mailto:owner-rv7-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Charlie >> England >> Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 2:47 PM >> To: RV7A@yahoogroups.com; rv7-list@matronics.com >> Subject: RV7-List: baggage floor platenuts?? >> >> >> >> Anybody see any problem with riveting the platenuts to just the floor >> ribs & >> just the bulkhead, instead of riveting through the floor & >> rib/bulkhead into >> the platenut? The screws will still hold the edges of the outer floor >> panels >> when the center floor panel & the back wall are screwed in. >> >> To me it looks like a minimal loss in strength (if any) & a lot less >> trouble >> if the floor ever needs to come up. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Charlie >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message rv7-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/RV7-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/rv7-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/rv7-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.