cln1owner
Well Known Member
Was working on my right aileron tonight and realised that I'd messed up on the left.
A quick glance at the plans and a few choice words...
OK, I see the holes in the rib and spar... flush head 426 rivets, bam countersink the spar? Oh, ****, did I countersink the spar?
Any way to recover from this, or do I just order a new spar?
Instead of match drilling the reinforcement plate and countersinking the front of it, I quickly assumed that only the spar and rib were riveted together, and I countersunk the face of the spar. Can I get away with matching and countersinking the reinforcement plate now and riveting? Will the missing material of the countersunk hole in the spar cause problems?
A quick glance at the plans and a few choice words...
![mistake_1001.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Flog.kitproject.com%2Ffiles%2Fmistake_1001.jpg&hash=7cdc172a9d2eaa7c82709a5f2a1e33c8)
OK, I see the holes in the rib and spar... flush head 426 rivets, bam countersink the spar? Oh, ****, did I countersink the spar?
Any way to recover from this, or do I just order a new spar?
Instead of match drilling the reinforcement plate and countersinking the front of it, I quickly assumed that only the spar and rib were riveted together, and I countersunk the face of the spar. Can I get away with matching and countersinking the reinforcement plate now and riveting? Will the missing material of the countersunk hole in the spar cause problems?
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