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Tip: AEX Trailing edge rivets & pneumatic sqeezer

Got2Fly

Active Member
Came up w/ a way to use my pneumatic squeezer on the AEX trailing edge of my -10 rudder, so thought I'd share it.

Simply, I took a yoke and found a suitable bolt to go through the hole, then used a die grinder to adjust the head of the bolt to have a flat angle matching the angle of the rudder.

An pic of the tool:
edgerivet.jpg


The tool in action:
rivetact.jpg


So, how did the rudder come out? Well take a look at the edge:
rudderedge.jpg
 
G2F,

Check out my Aileron page and scroll down to the entry dated 5/21/04. If you have more wedges to drill the jig I show is very helpful.

Also, in place of the bolt you used, I ground down a pair of rivet sets to the proper angle. Either method works great.
 
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