Don Jones
Well Known Member
I have been working on the flaps lately trying to finish up the last of the control surfaces thank gawd. I was assembling the right flap and all was looking good until riveting the bottom skin/nose skins to the spar. I wasn't happy with the results I was getting. It seemed like the countersinks in the spar were too shallow and even though the rivets set nicely, you could push on the material between rivets and it would give. Looking at the junction from the inside it appeared there was a gap. Sooooo, I ripped it apart, but couldn't find anything wrong. Hmmmm, only now some of the holes in the spar have opened up enough from the rivet expanding in the extremely thin edge of the c/s holes that I am afraid to put it together again. Hello Vans, send me some parts.
The good news is the fuse kit is ordered with a last week of May delivery date. Need to get these wings finished off.
Has anyone dimpled the spars rather than counter sinking them? They are the same thickness material as the rear wing spar and that gets dimpled?
The good news is the fuse kit is ordered with a last week of May delivery date. Need to get these wings finished off.
Has anyone dimpled the spars rather than counter sinking them? They are the same thickness material as the rear wing spar and that gets dimpled?