Greenley

Greenley

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Need advice. I forgot to put the crimp on the trailing edge of the aileron skins on my RV-10 before dimpling. Any suggestions? Will it cause obvious gaps if I just skip, try to crimp between dimples, any suggestions or thoughts appreciated? The plan don't mention it and it had been long enough since the rudder that I almost totally forgot that step. I was hoping to rivet these this weekend and not wait till Monday to call Vans.
Bill
 
Clamp between soft pine boards & crimp? I'd think crimping in between will makes ruffles. You can always resqueeze the dimples if they flatten a little.
 
I have done this on other parts before. I have the simple avery edge-rolling tool. I just put a shim on either side of the rollers so the skins wouldn't go as deep, missing the dimples. I then just rolled the edge beyond the dimples, worked fine.
 
Thanks, that worked great, since I had already riveted on the skin stiffeners I couldn't try the pine board idea that was suggested.
Bill Greenley
 
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