---------------------------------------------------------- RV7-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Wed 02/14/07: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 03:42 AM - Re: Concern about leading edge rivet (tadsargent) 2. 04:38 AM - Re: Concern about leading edge rivet (Phil Birkelbach) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 03:42:44 AM PST US From: "tadsargent" Subject: Re: RV7-List: 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) ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 04:38:34 AM PST US From: Phil Birkelbach Subject: Re: RV7-List: 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)* > > * > > > * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.