attackpilot
Active Member
I would like some advice on whether I should re-do these rivets on the forward spar of the HS on my RV-10 kit.
The ones I have concerns about are the top one and the third one down. I know the bottom one is chewed up. You can see how the edges of the head are smooshed (technical term) out. All of the shop heads are decent thanks to my wife.
It was difficult enough trying to get a offset rivet set into this area. These rivets attach the backside of the nose ribs to the forward spar through the spar doubler. I have scuffed the rivets with a scotch pad to remove the crud that forms from riveting for better viewing.
Ideally I would replace them, but I never have good luck drilling out rivets and I am scared that I will drill them out and make the same mistake again with a larger hole.
Thanks in advance.
Joe Hutchison
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The ones I have concerns about are the top one and the third one down. I know the bottom one is chewed up. You can see how the edges of the head are smooshed (technical term) out. All of the shop heads are decent thanks to my wife.
It was difficult enough trying to get a offset rivet set into this area. These rivets attach the backside of the nose ribs to the forward spar through the spar doubler. I have scuffed the rivets with a scotch pad to remove the crud that forms from riveting for better viewing.
Ideally I would replace them, but I never have good luck drilling out rivets and I am scared that I will drill them out and make the same mistake again with a larger hole.
Thanks in advance.
Joe Hutchison