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1. 06:26 PM - RV-8 F-830C-1 Floor Stiffeners - When To Rivet... (Matt Dralle)
2. 10:24 PM - Re: RV-8 F-830C-1 Floor Stiffeners - When To Rivet... (Vincent Himsl)
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Subject: | RV-8 F-830C-1 Floor Stiffeners - When To Rivet... |
RV-8 Builders:
In Section 8 of the builders manual (Page 8-50 for the 4/26/07 rev), Drawing 77,
it appears that they are having you hold off riveting the floor stiffeners along
the sides of the stick mount until *after* the floor skins are installed
rather than before they are installed. Is this because there's no way you can
get the floor skins into the right position once these stiffeners are riveted
on? I'm referring to F-830C-1 Floor Stiffeners.
That's kind of a bummer to have to try to rivet those after the skin is installed
for obvious reasons, but begs a bigger question; what about down the road when
you might have to remove the floor skins for some reason. Do you have to
drill those stiffener rivets out too? Ugg...
Matt Dralle
RV-8 #82880 N998RV
Second Try On The Wheel Pants...
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Subject: | RV-8 F-830C-1 Floor Stiffeners - When To Rivet... |
Adding those stiffeners was one of the last things I did on my RV-8 which i
s being inspected this Saturday. Those floors are a major pain getting in w
ithout the stiffeners let alone trying them with. Attaching the stiffeners
with the floor in place proved to be no big deal. I recall doing all mysel
f.
The main 'gotcha' when installing the floors is that many of us forget abou
t the flap fairings (comes with wing kit I believe). If you permanently ins
tall the floor before installing these fairings=2C you will have to use pop
rivets to attach them to the fuselage. No big deal really=2C unless you ar
e Oskosh Grand Champion bound=2C but still an annoying revelation.
Also=2C the floors shoudn't be installed until you resolved locations for e
lectrical items like aileron trim=2C comm and transponder antenae=2C wiring
runs=2C pitot static lines=2C etc.
I Pop riveted the floor as per plans. I also have nothing under them I need
access too. You could use plate nuts in lieu of pop rivets=2C but at @ 20
minutes install time per plate nut you would need to remove the floors seve
ral times to offset the speed advantage of the Pop rivets.
As a 'gotcha' prevention strategy=2C I would suggest all builders wrap thos
e stiffeners up with a labeled tie=2C and then tape them to the flap inters
ection fairings.
Regards=2C
Vince H.
RV8 N8432 'preparing for ascendency'
> Date: Thu=2C 4 Jun 2009 18:24:34 -0700
> To: rv8-list@matronics.com=3B rv-list@matronics.com
> From: dralle@matronics.com
> Subject: RV8-List: RV-8 F-830C-1 Floor Stiffeners - When To Rivet...
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> RV-8 Builders:
>
> In Section 8 of the builders manual (Page 8-50 for the 4/26/07 rev)=2C Dr
awing 77=2C it appears that they are having you hold off riveting the floor
stiffeners along the sides of the stick mount until *after* the floor skin
s are installed rather than before they are installed. Is this because ther
e's no way you can get the floor skins into the right position once these s
tiffeners are riveted on? I'm referring to F-830C-1 Floor Stiffeners.
>
> That's kind of a bummer to have to try to rivet those after the skin is i
nstalled for obvious reasons=2C but begs a bigger question=3B what about do
wn the road when you might have to remove the floor skins for some reason.
Do you have to drill those stiffener rivets out too? Ugg...
>
> Matt Dralle
> RV-8 #82880 N998RV
> Second Try On The Wheel Pants...
>
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