Doug Rohrer
Well Known Member
I am at the point of attaching the hinges to the cowl on my -9A. The instructions say to use regular structural AN426-3 rivets. Because they go through fiberglass, I was wondering if this would be a good place to use AN426 soft rivets. How important is the structural strength of the rivet vs. reducing the possible damage to the fiberglass cowl material? Has anyone tried soft rivets for this application?