attackpilot
Active Member
Hello Everyone:
Yesterday I glued in the foam ribs into the trim tabs. After that, according to the plans, I am supposed to blind rivet the end tabs together. I generally read ahead to make sure that I am all set up for a follow-on step, but I was suprised that I was to us a CS4-4 and no where before that did it say to dimple the end tabs. One sentence mentioned dimpling all the holes in the skin including the ones for the horn. It did not specifically mention the #30 holes in the end tabs, so I hadn't
I thought that maybe setting the blind rivet might dimple the skin enough for it to set all the way in. It didn't of course. I called Van's and Scott said that it was just cosmetic and that I would have enough clearance. He also suggested I could use a LP4-4. So on the inboard where I know there is more clearance, that is what I did, on the outboard end, I went ahead and used the CS4-4 and they stick out about 1/64 to 1/32". I figure after I paint, that it will be less noticeable.
I think that Van's should ammend the plans to specifically mention the #30 holes. Any thoughts? Anybody else have the same problem, or am I the only dumb one.
Joe Hutchison
RV-10 Tailkit
QB Wings and Fuse Here and Waiting.
Yesterday I glued in the foam ribs into the trim tabs. After that, according to the plans, I am supposed to blind rivet the end tabs together. I generally read ahead to make sure that I am all set up for a follow-on step, but I was suprised that I was to us a CS4-4 and no where before that did it say to dimple the end tabs. One sentence mentioned dimpling all the holes in the skin including the ones for the horn. It did not specifically mention the #30 holes in the end tabs, so I hadn't
I thought that maybe setting the blind rivet might dimple the skin enough for it to set all the way in. It didn't of course. I called Van's and Scott said that it was just cosmetic and that I would have enough clearance. He also suggested I could use a LP4-4. So on the inboard where I know there is more clearance, that is what I did, on the outboard end, I went ahead and used the CS4-4 and they stick out about 1/64 to 1/32". I figure after I paint, that it will be less noticeable.
I think that Van's should ammend the plans to specifically mention the #30 holes. Any thoughts? Anybody else have the same problem, or am I the only dumb one.
Joe Hutchison
RV-10 Tailkit
QB Wings and Fuse Here and Waiting.