pierre smith
Well Known Member
Okay all you multi RV builders,
Yesterday I looked at a -7 empennage with pretty good construction that may be for sale.
The one elevator has a serious "pimple" on a rib/stiffener on the top skin where a rivet is located. They must not have had the skin tightly down on the backing bar when they rivetted that one and it stands proud, as the Brits say. The entire elevator is closed up. What is the way to fix it, or is there a way without removing the skin. Drill it out and whack it carefully with a ball peen and pop rivet? Ideas?
Thanks,
Yesterday I looked at a -7 empennage with pretty good construction that may be for sale.
The one elevator has a serious "pimple" on a rib/stiffener on the top skin where a rivet is located. They must not have had the skin tightly down on the backing bar when they rivetted that one and it stands proud, as the Brits say. The entire elevator is closed up. What is the way to fix it, or is there a way without removing the skin. Drill it out and whack it carefully with a ball peen and pop rivet? Ideas?
Thanks,