It's been a while since I posted a question or shared one of my mishaps. I think that means I have learned a lot in the last weeks and doing well.
I have my rudder riveted together along the spar and ribs, and was reading up on other builder sites how to do the tricky trailing edge. I then had a sudden "oh CRA@P" moment and realized that I forgot to include the two fairing strips on the bottom.
I've got rivet removal down now to less than 3 minutes without damage or elongating holes, so this is an easy fix overall.
My dilemma:
The manual says to "be careful installing the blind rivets since they are hard to remove". I haven't removed one of these yet, how hard are they?
I was wondering if I could just leave those in place, and remove all the standard rivets, then cut a notch or "lightening hole" and put the part around the rivet, and just leave it in place?
Would that be a problem? The fairing would still be held on the flange in all the same places, but just the last one wouldn't be connected on the rudder. I think that should be fine, but looking for opinions.
At least I did read another builder has done the same thing searching builder logs! Parts in question:
Is it cool to cut a hole or notch and just put this around these two last blind rivets?
Thanks for the help!
Tom
I have my rudder riveted together along the spar and ribs, and was reading up on other builder sites how to do the tricky trailing edge. I then had a sudden "oh CRA@P" moment and realized that I forgot to include the two fairing strips on the bottom.
I've got rivet removal down now to less than 3 minutes without damage or elongating holes, so this is an easy fix overall.
My dilemma:
The manual says to "be careful installing the blind rivets since they are hard to remove". I haven't removed one of these yet, how hard are they?
I was wondering if I could just leave those in place, and remove all the standard rivets, then cut a notch or "lightening hole" and put the part around the rivet, and just leave it in place?
Would that be a problem? The fairing would still be held on the flange in all the same places, but just the last one wouldn't be connected on the rudder. I think that should be fine, but looking for opinions.
At least I did read another builder has done the same thing searching builder logs! Parts in question:
Is it cool to cut a hole or notch and just put this around these two last blind rivets?
Thanks for the help!
Tom