RV7Factory
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I made a boo-boo ![Eek! :eek: :eek:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
A week or two ago while prepping my seat and baggage ribs, I decided that I while I was riveting the nutplates to the seat ribs, I would be a smart guy and rivet the nutplates onto the top flange of the F-727 baggage ribs as well. Mistake... The baggage floors get riveted to the ribs and nutplates through the same holes. Oops! And yes, I looked ahead in the plans but I still missed this.
Normally this would only be a minor problem but... I used NAS1097 rivets to attach the nutplates to the ribs so the underlying ribs now have a slight countersink to them.
Probably not a big deal, but does anybody have any recommendations as to the best way to fix this?
I thought about just leaving it alone and installing new rivets spaced between the nutplate to attach the floor to the ribs, but I thought about that after I had already drilled out 80% of the nutplate rivets. D'oh!
I guess I could dimple the rivet holes in the top of the rib, but since they are already countersunk the dimple gets a little thin around the edges. In addition I cold also put a few new rivets between the nutplates just to keep everything snug.
Anyway, I am all ears! Here are the holes I am talking about.
A week or two ago while prepping my seat and baggage ribs, I decided that I while I was riveting the nutplates to the seat ribs, I would be a smart guy and rivet the nutplates onto the top flange of the F-727 baggage ribs as well. Mistake... The baggage floors get riveted to the ribs and nutplates through the same holes. Oops! And yes, I looked ahead in the plans but I still missed this.
Normally this would only be a minor problem but... I used NAS1097 rivets to attach the nutplates to the ribs so the underlying ribs now have a slight countersink to them.
Probably not a big deal, but does anybody have any recommendations as to the best way to fix this?
I thought about just leaving it alone and installing new rivets spaced between the nutplate to attach the floor to the ribs, but I thought about that after I had already drilled out 80% of the nutplate rivets. D'oh!
I guess I could dimple the rivet holes in the top of the rib, but since they are already countersunk the dimple gets a little thin around the edges. In addition I cold also put a few new rivets between the nutplates just to keep everything snug.
Anyway, I am all ears! Here are the holes I am talking about.
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