Dimpling. I got an itchy trigger foot on that darn foot switch on the pnuematic squeezer. I now have a hole that is about 1/4 inch from the hole that I wanted to dimple.
If it had been in the middle of the skin, no problem, I would throw in a rivet and be done with it. My problem and concern is that the hole is about 1/2 in the dimple for the rivet, and is actually connected to the hole beside it. I am doing a poor job describing it, but it looks sort of like a figure 8 with the bottom of the figure 8 being the "good" hole and the top being the "oops" hole. I tried to take a picture, but couldn't get the camera to focus well enough.
The dimple will keep me from being able to put a rivet in both holes. This is on the top of the HS skin, at the back where it connects to the HS Spar. It is in the middle of the sheet, not on a rib.
From a cosmetic standpoint, I think that it can be filled no problem. From a structural standpoint, I can't imagine it will have an impact as it is in the middle of a row of rivets. Am I wrong?
My main question is will the figure 8 hole cause future stress cracks in the HS skin? Is there anything I can do to mitigate this issue now? Should I just suck it up and buy a new skin? I hate to wait on parts, but I don't want to be cussing at myself later.
Eric
Rv 10
Kit 764
If it had been in the middle of the skin, no problem, I would throw in a rivet and be done with it. My problem and concern is that the hole is about 1/2 in the dimple for the rivet, and is actually connected to the hole beside it. I am doing a poor job describing it, but it looks sort of like a figure 8 with the bottom of the figure 8 being the "good" hole and the top being the "oops" hole. I tried to take a picture, but couldn't get the camera to focus well enough.
The dimple will keep me from being able to put a rivet in both holes. This is on the top of the HS skin, at the back where it connects to the HS Spar. It is in the middle of the sheet, not on a rib.
From a cosmetic standpoint, I think that it can be filled no problem. From a structural standpoint, I can't imagine it will have an impact as it is in the middle of a row of rivets. Am I wrong?
My main question is will the figure 8 hole cause future stress cracks in the HS skin? Is there anything I can do to mitigate this issue now? Should I just suck it up and buy a new skin? I hate to wait on parts, but I don't want to be cussing at myself later.
Eric
Rv 10
Kit 764