---------------------------------------------------------- RV9-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Tue 10/17/06: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 08:22 PM - Wing skin oil-canning (Doug Fischer) 2. 09:28 PM - Re: Wing skin oil-canning () 3. 10:56 PM - Re: Wing skin oil-canning (Norman Younie) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 08:22:28 PM PST US From: "Doug Fischer" Subject: RV9-List: Wing skin oil-canning I just finished riveting on the top LH wing skins and I noticed one of the "squares" was indented and would "oil can" when pushed from the inside. The square is bounded by two ribs (the fourth and fifth from the tip), the forward spar, and the "J"stringer. It is the fourth bay inboard from the tip (RV-9). All other skin "squares" are tight/neutral. Any ideas (other than drilling out every rivet in the skin) to address this issue? I was thinking of drilling out the rivets around the square to allow the skin to average out between three squares and re-rivet. Just wanted to see if anyone else has run into this problem and worked out a solution. Other than this the skin is perfect (well, pretty good at least). Thanks in advance for the help! Doug Fischer Jenison, MI RV-9A Wings do not archive ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 09:28:59 PM PST US From: Subject: Re: RV9-List: Wing skin oil-canning --> RV9-List message posted by: Don't worry about it. If it doesn't move more than 1/8 inch you don't need to worry. Mine does that and after 300 hours it's OK. Dennis THomas --- Doug Fischer wrote: > I just finished riveting on the top LH wing skins > and I noticed one of the > "squares" was indented and would "oil can" when > pushed from the inside. > The square is bounded by two ribs (the fourth and > fifth from the tip), the > forward spar, and the "J"stringer. It is the fourth > bay inboard from the > tip (RV-9). All other skin "squares" are > tight/neutral. Any ideas (other > than drilling out every rivet in the skin) to > address this issue? I was > thinking of drilling out the rivets around the > square to allow the skin to > average out between three squares and re-rivet. > Just wanted to see if > anyone else has run into this problem and worked out > a solution. Other > than this the skin is perfect (well, pretty good at > least). Thanks in > advance for the help! > > Doug Fischer > Jenison, MI > RV-9A Wings > do not archive > ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 10:56:32 PM PST US From: Norman Younie Subject: Re: RV9-List: Wing skin oil-canning Don't worry about it. A lot of metal planes have oil canning in them, the wing panels upper and lower or the fuselage, and all control surfaces. Move on and continue building. You will only make a big mess if you try to get rid of it. dthomas773@sbcglobal.net wrote: > --> RV9-List message posted by: > > Don't worry about it. If it doesn't move more than > 1/8 inch you don't need to worry. Mine does that and > after 300 hours it's OK. > > Dennis THomas > > --- Doug Fischer wrote: > > >> I just finished riveting on the top LH wing skins >> and I noticed one of the >> "squares" was indented and would "oil can" when >> pushed from the inside. >> The square is bounded by two ribs (the fourth and >> fifth from the tip), the >> forward spar, and the "J"stringer. It is the fourth >> bay inboard from the >> tip (RV-9). All other skin "squares" are >> tight/neutral. Any ideas (other >> than drilling out every rivet in the skin) to >> address this issue? I was >> thinking of drilling out the rivets around the >> square to allow the skin to >> average out between three squares and re-rivet. >> Just wanted to see if >> anyone else has run into this problem and worked out >> a solution. Other >> than this the skin is perfect (well, pretty good at >> least). Thanks in >> advance for the help! >> >> Doug Fischer >> Jenison, MI >> RV-9A Wings >> do not archive >> >> > > >