Don't even have my -14A emp kit yet and I'm already running into challenges with understanding regarding the priming philosophy. I assumed after initial assembly and drilling, you would disassemble, debur, dimple as needed, and then prep and prime all parts.
That's not quite what I'm reading in the instructions. For the rudder, the only time priming is mentioned is on page 07-07 step 9, by which point a couple ribs, some reinforcement plates, and even some nut plates have already been riveted to the rudder spar. The contacting sides of those parts won't get the primer. Pretty much everything else will.
Are the contacting sides of those parts not primed as an expedient decision to reduce the number of primings steps, or is there some engineering-based reasoning that they *shouldn't* be primed? I will close my eyes and accept either answer (or something in between) with a smile.
That's not quite what I'm reading in the instructions. For the rudder, the only time priming is mentioned is on page 07-07 step 9, by which point a couple ribs, some reinforcement plates, and even some nut plates have already been riveted to the rudder spar. The contacting sides of those parts won't get the primer. Pretty much everything else will.
Are the contacting sides of those parts not primed as an expedient decision to reduce the number of primings steps, or is there some engineering-based reasoning that they *shouldn't* be primed? I will close my eyes and accept either answer (or something in between) with a smile.