Captain Sacto
Well Known Member
So, I?m having a great time, riveting my front VS spar to the skin (7A). As I look approvingly inside at the line of shop heads beading along the spar flange, I notice that one of the little volcano-shaped dimples has a teensy crack (starting where the shop head was a possibly slightly over-driven). I think that it?s too tight a fit to get y?all a decent photo.
Two questions for the learned folks here.
First, is this common? Might there a certain percentage of spar flange dimples that might have a short, hairline crack?
Second, what to do? I honestly think that if I try to dig this out, it just might turn out with more defects, or at least not as strong, than if I just let it be. I?d genuinely hate to drill out all those rivets (a few dozen), and I?m not sure what I?d do with the flange once I removed it.
All comments and suggestions welcome.
Thanks in advance - - Tom in Sacramento
Two questions for the learned folks here.
First, is this common? Might there a certain percentage of spar flange dimples that might have a short, hairline crack?
Second, what to do? I honestly think that if I try to dig this out, it just might turn out with more defects, or at least not as strong, than if I just let it be. I?d genuinely hate to drill out all those rivets (a few dozen), and I?m not sure what I?d do with the flange once I removed it.
All comments and suggestions welcome.
Thanks in advance - - Tom in Sacramento