Tip-up canopy glare shield rivets

[Pmerems]

Gents.

For those who have passed this way before me.

The plans call out flush blind rivets to attach the glare shield skin to the 3/8" tube on the canopy frame. If you countersink the glare shield for the flush blind rivet you will end up taking a lot of material out of the glare shield skin to get the rivet flush. However if you use the low profile blind rivet instead, no problems.

Just curious, for those with tip-up canopies which method did you use.

Flush or low profile blind rivets?

Paul

 

[Radomir]

Low profile blind is what I used..I don't think it looks "ugly." One reason for flush would be in case you wanna mount a GPS antenna there, for example..

 

[Norman CYYJ]

I dimpled the skin and partially machined the 3/8 tube. This method has worked fine on 4 planes so far.

 

[zkvii]

Canopy foredeck countersinking

Hi,

Sounds familiar.... In summary - After making a mess we countersunk the skin / frame as a single surface and used the flush blind rivets.

http://www.rvproject.gen.nz/dailylog/dailylog_2005-12-17.html#ID3624 and following days.

Carl

 

[frankh]

Duh?

I used LP4's...i.e domed rivets. Before you told me they were supposed to be flush I would never have known...I'm s depressed....

So I guess domed rivets work just fine...

Frank