Lesson learned - don't do this in the order of the RV-8 directions, or you'll end up with a single rivet in W-721 that you can't get to with a squeezer or bucking bar. Any ideas on a good structural blind rivet that I could substitute for the AN470-4-4 the plans are calling for here? I would think it would be fine to substitute this single rivet for blind rivet.
The plans have you install the hinge brackets, and then W-721 - but you need to install the outboard hinge bracket, then W-721, and _then_ the inner hinge bracket to avoid this situation.
In this photo, you can see how the final left most rivet hole is pretty close to the hinge bracket normally.
You can see how it is even closer on the back due to the service bulletin braces. You can't get a squeezer in there, maybe bucking bar at an angle?
Using my angled bucking bar seemed like it would work, but you can see that it doesn't fully cover the rivet and so this is also not an option. I stopped riveting after a few "bangs" of the rivet gun to see if it was covering it or not.
Any ideas on what a good replacement would be?
The plans have you install the hinge brackets, and then W-721 - but you need to install the outboard hinge bracket, then W-721, and _then_ the inner hinge bracket to avoid this situation.
In this photo, you can see how the final left most rivet hole is pretty close to the hinge bracket normally.
You can see how it is even closer on the back due to the service bulletin braces. You can't get a squeezer in there, maybe bucking bar at an angle?
Using my angled bucking bar seemed like it would work, but you can see that it doesn't fully cover the rivet and so this is also not an option. I stopped riveting after a few "bangs" of the rivet gun to see if it was covering it or not.
Any ideas on what a good replacement would be?
