Tomorrow I'm running my rudder cables and want to mount the cable fairings I bought. What size blind rivet would be the most appropriate?
jlfernan said:Tommorrow I'm running my rudder cables and want to mount the cable fairings I bought. What size blind rivet would be the most appropriate?
Sam, what size did you use on your -6.
Before you do this, check out Deems Davis' experience with this:Ironflight said:I was looking at a new RV-10 project the other day, and the builder said he was going to mount the fairings from the INSIDE
Me too:FlyerJumper said:On another note, we attached ours fairings with screws. We don't have the cables run through them yet, but the idea is for them to be removable so the cables could be replaced if they ever needed to be.
Good plan. I ran the cables, attached mine with rivets, and the use fiberglass to fair them into the skin. Looks nice. But if I ever have to replace a rudder cable, I'm either looking at major surgery to the skin, or more likely putting the end on the cable AFTER I run it out the fairing. While that's not terribly difficult, if it happens I'll wish that I had used screws.FlyerJumper said:On another note, we attached ours fairings with screws. We don't have the cables run through them yet, but the idea is for them to be removable so the cables could be replaced if they ever needed to be.
Here's a thousand-word picture:FlyerJumper said:I noticed you've got a nutplate dead-center in the front. Is there any interference with the rudder cable? I know a -10 builder who did this same thing and had to relocate that nutplate.
Also, a curiosity question... why the nut-ring? Why not just attach the nutplates to the skin?
Ahhh... very nice! The -10's are a bit different in their arrangement. I didn't realize the big screw you mentioned was the clamp screw (-10's don't have those. The clamp is on an angle mounted to the bulkhead). Nice ingenuity... thanks for the description.mburch said:Here's a thousand-word picture: ...