The HS skins come from Vans bent at about a 45 deg angle with straight sides, so fitting them to the nose ribs requires some force. I noticed than when I clecoed the skin to the nose ribs, there was an indentation at the cleco, apparently due to the springback force of the skin trying to resume its 45 deg shape. I assumed this dimpling would reduce or disappear when all the ribs and spars were riveted in place, but it's still there (see pic, looking forward along a nose rib rivet line). Seems like the way to avoid this on the other skin would be to pre-bend the skin to closely approximate the nose rib profile, thus eliminating the springback forces, but I'm worried about creasing or otherwise damaging the skin.
Just wondering how experienced builders handle this; or am I over-reacting?
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Just wondering how experienced builders handle this; or am I over-reacting?