rdamazio
Well Known Member
I made a minor mistake when drilling my skins and root ribs today. Plans call for nutplates along the root rib, and just one of them is the one-lug type:
but I got carried away and drilled the screw hole in that one just like the others:
How much trouble am I in?
It seems these nutplates are used in 44-6 for the "wing root fairing support" - can someone tell me if that comes pre-punched and how structural (if at all) that support is? (I don't have the fuselage kit yet)
I think my options are:
Thanks in advance
but I got carried away and drilled the screw hole in that one just like the others:
How much trouble am I in?
It seems these nutplates are used in 44-6 for the "wing root fairing support" - can someone tell me if that comes pre-punched and how structural (if at all) that support is? (I don't have the fuselage kit yet)
I think my options are:
- put the two-lug nutplate (and have an offset from the original screw location) if the holes don't come pre-punched
- secure the one-lug nutplate with a single rivet, if that's not really structural
- add a backing piece of aluminum to hold the nutplate, which would require a fourth hole to hold it firmly.
- throw away the rib and skin and start over - not gonna happen
Thanks in advance
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