aarvig
Well Known Member
A late night session of riveting brought a result I did not care for. I wasn't paying attention and didn't realized the flange was not seated smoothly against the counterbalance skin. As a result when I riveted it pulled the skin down to the flange . No problem, I thought, just drill it out clamp the two pieces together then rivet. That produced the same result plus a rivet that sat way too proud. So I drilled it out again, making the hole to big this time. Put in an oversize rivet and riveted it back together. It's not pretty. So far the rudder skin is only riveted to the tip rib and the counterbalance skin. Should I just fill the dent in with a body filler or should I drill out 40 or so rivets and replace the counter balance skin. Thoughts...suggestions? Thanks.