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1. 03:42 AM - Re: Concern about leading edge rivet (tadsargent)
2. 04:38 AM - Re: Concern about leading edge rivet (Phil Birkelbach)
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| Subject: | Re: Concern about leading edge rivet |
Concern about leading edge rivetScott, if it looks good, both outside
and in (rivet squeezed correctly, mostly) than call it good. A rivet
has stress as that is its purpose in life and why there are so many so
close together. Remember a bent ugly rivet is 90% as effective as a
perfect one. Try your best for perfection then move on. Van's told me
not to drill out bent rivets as you may enlarge the hole and impart no
stress on the rivet therefore allowing it to "smoke" later.
Tad Sargent
7A 200 hours
----- Original Message -----
From: Scott R. Shook
To: rv7-list@matronics.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 11:19 AM
Subject: RV7-List: Concern about leading edge rivet
Last night the wife and I finished riveting the leading edge. There
was a point when dropping in the forward most rivet on the leading edge
that it was slightly canted because the rib did not want to line up
perfectly. We went ahead and riveted the rivet and it came out looking
fine and the rib to skin mating was fine, also the cleco seemed to go in
and out just fine.
I am just concerned with stress on the rivet - should I do something
different or do anything to correct this?
Scott R. Shook
RV-7A (Building)
N696JS (Reserved)
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| Subject: | Re: Concern about leading edge rivet |
If the rib is flat against the skin and the rivet looks good, you have
achieved the desired outcome. Press on and save the worrying for later
in the project. :-)
Godspeed,
Phil Birkelbach - Houston Texas
RV-7 N727WB
http://www.myrv7.com
Scott R. Shook wrote:
>
> Last night the wife and I finished riveting the leading edge. There
> was a point when dropping in the forward most rivet on the leading
> edge that it was slightly canted because the rib did not want to line
> up perfectly. We went ahead and riveted the rivet and it came out
> looking fine and the rib to skin mating was fine, also the cleco
> seemed to go in and out just fine.
>
> I am just concerned with stress on the rivet should I do something
> different or do anything to correct this?
>
> ___ _
>
> *Scott R. Shook*
>
> *RV-7A (Building)*
>
> *N696JS (Reserved)*
>
> *
>
>
> *
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