Dbro172
Well Known Member
PIREP: These buggers aren't cheap but they sure are slick!
Researched these click bond fasteners after seing a post here on VAF. Purchased the RV wing tip installation kit from "The Flight Shop" http://www.theflightshop.com/Cataspx65.html However, robbed Peter to pay Paul so to speak and ended up using these on my wing tip lenses. I'll replenish the stock to install the fiberglass wingtips - no plate nuts or metal strip needed.
I think Vans was playing a joke on me by sending me one white and one grey wingtip the cool thing about the white is the seams were already smoothed down... Nevermind the beach towel work bench
The fasteners are #6-32 Stainless steel Torx head from http://www.microfasteners.com/ (also discovered here on VAF) and the washers are #6 stainless steel tinnermans from Aircraft Spruce (thanks to tip from local builder Bruce Hill, who pointed me towards these for my rudder bottom fiberglass.
Drilling the holes and installing the fasteners took about 10 minutes - let them cure for 24 hours (they have faster cure epoxies too) then pulled the blue rubber place-holders out and installed the fasteners. While I was at it i dropped a couple in the outboeard wing rib tooling holes to use as local grounds later I can see a lot of uses for these in the future. Too bad they're $2.10 each.
Researched these click bond fasteners after seing a post here on VAF. Purchased the RV wing tip installation kit from "The Flight Shop" http://www.theflightshop.com/Cataspx65.html However, robbed Peter to pay Paul so to speak and ended up using these on my wing tip lenses. I'll replenish the stock to install the fiberglass wingtips - no plate nuts or metal strip needed.
I think Vans was playing a joke on me by sending me one white and one grey wingtip the cool thing about the white is the seams were already smoothed down... Nevermind the beach towel work bench
The fasteners are #6-32 Stainless steel Torx head from http://www.microfasteners.com/ (also discovered here on VAF) and the washers are #6 stainless steel tinnermans from Aircraft Spruce (thanks to tip from local builder Bruce Hill, who pointed me towards these for my rudder bottom fiberglass.
Drilling the holes and installing the fasteners took about 10 minutes - let them cure for 24 hours (they have faster cure epoxies too) then pulled the blue rubber place-holders out and installed the fasteners. While I was at it i dropped a couple in the outboeard wing rib tooling holes to use as local grounds later I can see a lot of uses for these in the future. Too bad they're $2.10 each.
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