RVG8tor
Well Known Member
To you experienced builders,
I was dealing with my first nutplates, which are the K1000 that go on the rudder spar. The plans have you cleco them in place then match drill the holes in the spar. The nutplate holes are already big enough to handle the rivet size. It seems like having the nutplate in place does nothing, and it actually leaves open the possibility that you might mar the nutplate hole with the drill thereby removing some of the cad corrosion protection.
Would it hurt to leave the nutplates off for the match drilling part, what problems might this cause?
I was dealing with my first nutplates, which are the K1000 that go on the rudder spar. The plans have you cleco them in place then match drill the holes in the spar. The nutplate holes are already big enough to handle the rivet size. It seems like having the nutplate in place does nothing, and it actually leaves open the possibility that you might mar the nutplate hole with the drill thereby removing some of the cad corrosion protection.
Would it hurt to leave the nutplates off for the match drilling part, what problems might this cause?