SteelMike
Well Known Member
So I'm just finishing up my right elevator, and in doing so, I realized that I screwed something up on my left elevator. You see, I did the left elevator way out of sequence - almost the very first thing - and I'm older and wiser now (but not much!).
In riveting the spar together, I'm realizing that the rivets on the platenuts on the left elevator are facing the wrong way, such that the shop heads are on the platenuts side, not the spar side. I'm worried that those little platenuts aren't going to give the shop heads enough support. If it were any other part, I'd probably shrug and move on, but this is where the elevator is connected to the HS, you know! Kind of an important connection!
Can someone weigh in?
Thanks...
In riveting the spar together, I'm realizing that the rivets on the platenuts on the left elevator are facing the wrong way, such that the shop heads are on the platenuts side, not the spar side. I'm worried that those little platenuts aren't going to give the shop heads enough support. If it were any other part, I'd probably shrug and move on, but this is where the elevator is connected to the HS, you know! Kind of an important connection!
Can someone weigh in?
Thanks...