[eric_marsh]

I've been getting elevators ready for riveting today. On the left side I drilled the skeleton and skin but after looking at the trim tab spar for a bit it occurs to me that I can't think of a way to rivet the part of it that is inside the body of the elevator. There's really no room to get a bucking bar in there.

Guess I could use pop rivets, but I'm not exactly excited about that idea. It would probably work from a structural approach but everything else is countersunk and pop rivets would be hanging out in the breeze. At the very least that doesn't look very good.

This is on an RV-6.

Anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks,

Eric

 

[skyking902001]

L. Trim Tab Spar

Eric, I used a 4" no-hole yoke to reach the first 3 rivets on the top side, but could only reach the first two on the bottom (rivet head on top interferred). Had to use 3 pop rivets total--they will look fine after filler and paint.

Skyking902001
RV8-emp

 

[flion]

The plans specifically call for CS4-4 rivets there. No rivets protruding and you can always put a bit of filler in the holes.