Hi builders. I'm looking for a picture example of a good looking shop heads of the riveted trailing edge.
I started very carefully squeezing the elevator trailing edge with an angled rivet set. The rudder I did with the back riveting technique from section 5, and it looks terrible. Now with the squeezer I expected the result to be nice and clean like any other squeezed rivet, but it's still not. If I squeeze too much, the two skins joining at the trailing edge separate and create an ugly deformed gap. If I squeeze too little though, the shop head isn't nearly flush with the skin, with the forward side protruding more than the aft side. In any case, the shop head doesn't swell to the required diameter of a typical 3/32 rivet - I guess this is because it is pushing against the dimple on the shop side as opposed to a flat piece. I'm thinking about finishing with the back rivet technique, but still afraid of the skins separating and making this gap. So I would appreciate if you could show me the underside of your elevators.
Thanks!
Andy
I started very carefully squeezing the elevator trailing edge with an angled rivet set. The rudder I did with the back riveting technique from section 5, and it looks terrible. Now with the squeezer I expected the result to be nice and clean like any other squeezed rivet, but it's still not. If I squeeze too much, the two skins joining at the trailing edge separate and create an ugly deformed gap. If I squeeze too little though, the shop head isn't nearly flush with the skin, with the forward side protruding more than the aft side. In any case, the shop head doesn't swell to the required diameter of a typical 3/32 rivet - I guess this is because it is pushing against the dimple on the shop side as opposed to a flat piece. I'm thinking about finishing with the back rivet technique, but still afraid of the skins separating and making this gap. So I would appreciate if you could show me the underside of your elevators.
Thanks!
Andy