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10-26-2016, 10:30 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Hamilton, VA
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don't be impatient!
I should know better by now, but I was simply trying to rush finishing this little task, as my mind was thinking about the rest of my day's agenda... I should know better...
That's when the "stupid" stuff happens! Ugh... 
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10-27-2016, 04:24 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Sydney, Aust.
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I did the same on one of my elevators. Smoothed it best I could and it's still there after about 50 hours.
Just like the bump in the skin behind the baggage compartment, the stop-drilled crack in the canopy after I flexed it a little too much and the second row of holes in the empennage fairing - each a little reminder that I built the plane in my back shed, it isn't perfect but it is mine... 
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My Flickr gallery: http://www.flickr.com/photos/35521362@N06/
RV-9A - Finished on 10th February 2016 after 4 years, 9 months and 19 days! The 1020th RV-9 flying.
First flight 26th March 2016. Essential specs 145KTAS @ 2400RPM, 8000', 24.2LPH, Initial RoC 1800FPM.
Last edited by KRviator : 10-27-2016 at 04:25 AM.
Reason: Bloody autocorrect...
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10-27-2016, 11:09 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
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" .....Just like the bump in the skin behind the baggage compartment, the stop-drilled crack in the canopy after I flexed it a little too much and the second row of holes in the empennage fairing - each a little reminder that I built the plane in my back shed, it isn't perfect but it is mine..."
Good point! Thanks! 
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10-27-2016, 09:15 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Hurricane, Utah
Posts: 11
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Been there, seen it, and done it. The OCD in me will not allow me to move on. The new skin and stiffeners are not that expensive. I have to always remind myself to SLOW DOWN and double check what I'm riveting. It's a lot less expensive and more productive, but still hard to always do.
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10-27-2016, 11:18 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Gold Coast - Australia
Posts: 137
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Bondo?
I don't know if I've missed something but if you are painting the surface what's wrong with a thin screed of Bondo? I have had to do this a few times to cover "smileys".
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10-28-2016, 02:54 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Sydney, Aust.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 81270
I don't know if I've missed something but if you are painting the surface what's wrong with a thin screed of Bondo? I have had to do this a few times to cover "smileys".
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Because it has been back-rivetted, the lump is proud of the surrounding skin, not below it, so it isn't easily covered with anything.
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Once you have tasted flight you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return - Leonardo DaVinci
My Flickr gallery: http://www.flickr.com/photos/35521362@N06/
RV-9A - Finished on 10th February 2016 after 4 years, 9 months and 19 days! The 1020th RV-9 flying.
First flight 26th March 2016. Essential specs 145KTAS @ 2400RPM, 8000', 24.2LPH, Initial RoC 1800FPM.
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10-30-2016, 12:06 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Hamilton, VA
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"...Because it has been back-rivetted, the lump is proud of the surrounding skin, not below it, so it isn't easily covered with anything...."
Exactly! I walked back into the shop after a day or two of ignoring it after I had tried to "fix" it best I could. There it was, still looking like Mt. McKinley with the overhead lights casting its gleam down upon the shiny aluminum..
Went back upstairs and ordered a new skin plus some new stiffeners for the aileron. I figured at this point of the aileron build, I'm not out much! So OCD took over...
I'm sure there will be other goofs at a point where its best to just move on and hide it best I can, but this one was minimal mistake!
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