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01-16-2013, 08:24 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
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How to Install the Wingtip Light Lens
I did a search but didn't find anything on this. Does anyone have a good suggestion for installing the wingtip lens? I'm guessing that I should install a #6 plate nut in the top and bottom corners, stick on some weatherstripping around the perimeter, paint the lens around the perimeter to cover the weatherstrip, then screw it down with a FH screw.
Am I on the right track? Thanks.
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01-16-2013, 08:54 PM
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Pretty much - I don't have any weather stripping (yet)  , the clearance is pretty flippin' thin, you'll have to abandon the stripping idea or use something very low profile.
But yeah, you've got the basic idea. A pair of #6 screws.
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01-16-2013, 10:02 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
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I did the same. Just the 2 corners. The only issue I had was trying to set solid rivets for the platenut. The joggle in the fiberglass tip for the plexi cover makes it really hard to get those rivets set. I ended up using some pull rivets. Eventually they will be filled and painted over.
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01-17-2013, 12:03 AM
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AN426A (soft) rivets work very well for nutplates mounted to fiberglass.
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01-17-2013, 07:37 AM
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As I recall ....
....The two-platenut approach is what Vans recommends. I think it was outlined in the written instructions (i.e. not on the drawings). That approach worked great for me on one side but not the other. On the 2nd side I had to add a couple more platenuts, likely due to my not trimming/shaping that lens correctly.
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01-17-2013, 01:51 PM
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Check this thread
Here is a Vans thread with an interesting technique.
http://www.vansairforce.com/communit...ght=click+bond
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01-17-2013, 02:28 PM
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Another option without using nutplates
Scuff the inside of the wingtip and put a blob of flox where you want the screw. After the flox cures, drill and tap the fiberglass and flox for your #6 screws.
Two screws per lens is fine.
Regards,
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N174RT (RV-7A) first flight 5/31/11, 1780hrs as of August 2020:
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Our other riveted aluminum monocoque RV is a 25' Airstream
Past aluminum monocoque vehicles:
N601RT (CH601HDS) First flight 5/03, 1550hrs after flying 8 years: 912ULS, GNS430W, SL-30, D10A Sold
1995 Midnight Pearl NSX w/BBSC Sold
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01-17-2013, 03:59 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: South Florida
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Thanks!
Thanks for the tips everyone. I'll go ahead and finish them now.
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RV-9A
Allen@AllenRice.net
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First flight 7/8/2015
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01-17-2013, 04:58 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Granbury, TX
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The only thing I'd add is to consider using #8 screws instead of #6.
If I was starting today, there would not be a #6 screw anywhere in my plane. Even using good screwdrivers, I'm getting tired of stripping #6 screws.
Jason
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