So on page 10-2 it talks about breaking the edges of the tailbone skins. I bypassed that and prepped the skins, deburred the holes and edges and just last night I installed one of the bottom corner skins (1282) non-broken and one broken with the avery tool (I have the cleaveland tool on order) - these are cleco'd only at this point.
iMHO, the non-broken skin edge overlap looks just fine, but keep in mind, I haven't actually riveted yet. On the aft stab skins, I just gently used a seamer to bend the skins in slightly and they turned out fine.
It strikes me that perhaps because we are using pulled rivets and the quality of the kits indicate that perhaps the traditional edge breaking techniques are not fully required?
Any feedback is appreciated. I see from previous archives on the site that perhaps the top skins require more breaking? Thanks in advance for any feedback.
iMHO, the non-broken skin edge overlap looks just fine, but keep in mind, I haven't actually riveted yet. On the aft stab skins, I just gently used a seamer to bend the skins in slightly and they turned out fine.
It strikes me that perhaps because we are using pulled rivets and the quality of the kits indicate that perhaps the traditional edge breaking techniques are not fully required?
Any feedback is appreciated. I see from previous archives on the site that perhaps the top skins require more breaking? Thanks in advance for any feedback.