mikemalone
Active Member
I have attached the top fibreglass fairing to my RV-7 rudder using blind rivets. Unfortunately, I set one rivet (the aft-most) at the thin end of the fairing in such a way that it sticks out (this was due to interference from the rivet on the opposite side to that which I was trying to set, and my own stupidity). If I try to drill out the offending rivet and just replace it, loose rivet fragments will rattle around in the top of the rudder until eternity. Short of replacing the fairing completely or decapitating/butchering it and re-glassing it again after removing all loose impediments, does anyone out there have any bright ideas. The offending rivet sticks out around 1/16th of an inch. Could I maybe just saw/file off the bit that sticks out and use some kind of filler to tidy it up??