Hey everyone.. my own self quality control discovered a problem. And you may have guessed it, I'm sure this has happened before.
History: I was out of town for several years. I returned a few months ago, moved and setup the new work shop. And of course I picked up where I left off.
Problem: I have dimpled the T-901 skin along the T-902 Baffle on the Right Tank. So when I return, I did exactly the same thing on the other tank. Naturally I dimpled the skin, so I counter-sunk the T-902 (on both Left & Right).
As I was about to seal up the tank this evening, I was looking for the rivet size and well 'By George' it say 426-3.5....DO NOT Dimple T-901 or Countersink T-902. ERR.. Yeah, I did both!
Is this a serious problem? The skin and baffle seal up nice and tight. Or will it be a fitting problem to the wing?
Looking for thoughts on this before I call Van's in the morning.
Thanks!
-Allen
...Kicking myself, I feel like I have made any progress in 3 years, and now I'm thinking I need to start the tanks over from scratch again.
History: I was out of town for several years. I returned a few months ago, moved and setup the new work shop. And of course I picked up where I left off.
Problem: I have dimpled the T-901 skin along the T-902 Baffle on the Right Tank. So when I return, I did exactly the same thing on the other tank. Naturally I dimpled the skin, so I counter-sunk the T-902 (on both Left & Right).
As I was about to seal up the tank this evening, I was looking for the rivet size and well 'By George' it say 426-3.5....DO NOT Dimple T-901 or Countersink T-902. ERR.. Yeah, I did both!
Is this a serious problem? The skin and baffle seal up nice and tight. Or will it be a fitting problem to the wing?
Looking for thoughts on this before I call Van's in the morning.
Thanks!
-Allen
...Kicking myself, I feel like I have made any progress in 3 years, and now I'm thinking I need to start the tanks over from scratch again.
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