RVG8tor
Well Known Member
I was looking over my QB wing while deburring the holes for the bottom skin. I was using a flashlight and I noticed on the top of the spar where the tops skins attach there are spider fractures around most of the rivets, not so much the line of rivets closest to the spar web but the ones out on the flange. You can't see them if you look straight on to them, just when looking at an angle. The picture is taken in macro mode so it shows every detail on a magnified scale, click on the image to get the big view.
Is this normal? I can't believe so many of them would be this way if this was not normal I just want some reassurance. It appears to me to look like varnish that has cracked, just at the surface not into the metal. I will be sending this to Van's for there confirmation. Why does this happen, are the rivets set wrong? Thanks in advance.
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Is this normal? I can't believe so many of them would be this way if this was not normal I just want some reassurance. It appears to me to look like varnish that has cracked, just at the surface not into the metal. I will be sending this to Van's for there confirmation. Why does this happen, are the rivets set wrong? Thanks in advance.
Cheers