Hi all:
I am at the 'riveting the wing skeleton' stage and for some reason am having a particularly difficult time with some of the AN-4 rivets, on both the main spar and the aft spar, with regard to the ribs.
I think I am using way too much air pressure on my 3x gun and am making a mess of some of the machine heads on these rivets. As a general rule, I put the shop head on the thicker material(spar), and the machine head on the thinner material (the rib flanges). Generally, not too much problem here with the exception of the machine head seems to be taking a pretty good beating as well as the surrounding flange.
To add to my problem, the rivets on the end rib of the -8 wing rear spar need to be flush rivets ( to accomodate an aileron bracket), with the shop head on the thinner flange side. Having a little trouble here keeping the flange from lifting while riveting.
Any thoughts/recommendations on what's going on here and how to smoothly move through this process? Too much air pressure???
I am at the 'riveting the wing skeleton' stage and for some reason am having a particularly difficult time with some of the AN-4 rivets, on both the main spar and the aft spar, with regard to the ribs.
I think I am using way too much air pressure on my 3x gun and am making a mess of some of the machine heads on these rivets. As a general rule, I put the shop head on the thicker material(spar), and the machine head on the thinner material (the rib flanges). Generally, not too much problem here with the exception of the machine head seems to be taking a pretty good beating as well as the surrounding flange.
To add to my problem, the rivets on the end rib of the -8 wing rear spar need to be flush rivets ( to accomodate an aileron bracket), with the shop head on the thinner flange side. Having a little trouble here keeping the flange from lifting while riveting.
Any thoughts/recommendations on what's going on here and how to smoothly move through this process? Too much air pressure???