N546RV
Well Known Member
This is only a problem because I discovered this during assembly. Of the tanks. It's the forwardmost hold on the top side of the skin, and it's barely even bent. Yesterday I did the Galeti fay sealing thing, and today I went to town riveting. Discovered this stupidity as I was about to do the last remaining rivets.
I tried hitting the skin-rib assembly with a pop rivet dimpler, but that had no effect that I could discern. This doesn't really surprise me, since the void between the skin and rib is filled with sealant.
Any ideas how to proceed with this, short of drilling out all those rivets I just set, ripping the rib out, fixing the dimple, and doing the whole thing over again?
I tried hitting the skin-rib assembly with a pop rivet dimpler, but that had no effect that I could discern. This doesn't really surprise me, since the void between the skin and rib is filled with sealant.
Any ideas how to proceed with this, short of drilling out all those rivets I just set, ripping the rib out, fixing the dimple, and doing the whole thing over again?