Hi all,
I am getting ready to rivet on the forward fuselage skins and I was planning on using the Skybolt fastener system for my cowling. Obviously I will need to add some additional material out from the firewall when I rivet the skins on. I guess what I am aksing is :
1) What kind of aluminum would you suggest that I use to extend from the firewall for mounting the recepticles? (i.e. grade and thickness).
2) How far out should I extend from the firewall?
3) Could some people post some pics on how they have done this, I saw a plane at oshkosh that had material out where the recpeticle was and that was it, to conserve weight.
I looked through the previous posts but I could not find much discussion on how the fasteners were mounted.
Thanks for the help.
I am getting ready to rivet on the forward fuselage skins and I was planning on using the Skybolt fastener system for my cowling. Obviously I will need to add some additional material out from the firewall when I rivet the skins on. I guess what I am aksing is :
1) What kind of aluminum would you suggest that I use to extend from the firewall for mounting the recepticles? (i.e. grade and thickness).
2) How far out should I extend from the firewall?
3) Could some people post some pics on how they have done this, I saw a plane at oshkosh that had material out where the recpeticle was and that was it, to conserve weight.
I looked through the previous posts but I could not find much discussion on how the fasteners were mounted.
Thanks for the help.