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Old 03-12-2013, 03:13 PM
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Bond a piece of aluminum on the inside, then fill the hole on the outside with some JB weld. Put some packing tape over it (not the sticky side) to let it dry smooth. Then sand it flush and paint.
I am sure you have the common sense to do this in an area that would not be considered an airworthiness or structural issue. It's just an antenna hole anyway. However, my opinion and advice to others is....

Flaunt your mistakes or changes in all of their glory. If you hide it, and I find it, it puts the entire airframe in question for me. What else is hidden?
Follow AC43-13-1b or an airframe manual if you want to do it right. I consider a correct repair to be just as much a work of art as nice paint. It adds to the validity of the build.

If you disagree and just want to hide it and make it look pretty, fill away.....
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Old 03-12-2013, 06:17 PM
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I really like the idea of a riveted on patch. Could look cool and appropriate.

But man, this will be a lot of work as the access to the inside means removing the riveted on seat flooring. And if I do that, then there is this other thing I need to do and then.........
You get the idea.
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Old 03-13-2013, 08:49 AM
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I really like the idea of a riveted on patch. Could look cool and appropriate.

But man, this will be a lot of work as the access to the inside means removing the riveted on seat flooring. And if I do that, then there is this other thing I need to do and then.........
You get the idea.
Since you removed an antenna from there, why not fashion a plate and plug the same shape, copy the mounting screws, and screw that back in there?
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Old 03-13-2013, 02:05 PM
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If you are really old, or a history buff? you would know what a Wilke button is.

You also could use an aluminum chassis plug
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Old 03-14-2013, 05:57 PM
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I've set less than 50 rivets my whole life, and I had a flush patch I needed to get done on the wheel pant for my Cessna 170B.

Luckily, I have my buddy next door who built a beautiful -10 and he was kind enough to bring his tools over and took the time to get me up to speed with using the hand and pneumatic squeezer. Countersinking, dimpling...I didn't want the fun to stop! Anyways, my wheel pant is all fixed up and I am REALLY dying to get my hands on an empennage kit for a -8 now

I left the patch in primer because I didn't want to hide it. I'm actually proud of my work and wish it was on the outboard side where it would be more visible

The pneumatic squeezer is AWESOME!!!!






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Old 03-14-2013, 08:46 PM
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That is a nice looking patch. But just FYI, a hand squeezer would have done that job equally as good and simple, without any hose to boot.
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Old 03-14-2013, 09:28 PM
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Thanks. I used the hand squeezer and it worked well. We used the pneumatic squeezer just to give me some experience with both.
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