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Anyone planning on bucking rivets for the RV-15?

So for those wanting a flush riveted airplane but don't want to add a lot of additional build time, flush blind rivets would be the way to go.
I remember seeing Rian Johnson comment on one of the many Osh 25 Videos about the RV-15 that CS4-4 rivets would not be a suitable replacement for the LP4-4 rivets from a strength perspective.
The Heads of the CS4-4 are very thin compared to the LP4-4
 
One comment to favor flush rivets in the leading edge I haven’t heard mentioned is cleaning the bugs off. Don’t think it would matter if the rivets were CherryMax or bucked , but those raised heads would make after flight clean up more challenging
 
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