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When I went into the local FSDO to ask how they can tell a builder log was done by the builder, the guy said that coffee and blood stains on some of the pages helps

Good Morning, I'm building the elevator trim tab and ran into problems following the construction manual when it came to riveting the E-917/918 trim tab horns to the E-919 skin. Do you bend the ends of the trim tab first, or rivet the trim tab horn before you bend the ends? Based on a couple...

Fluting Would fluting the area adjacent to the lightening hole work?

Wow really sharp, nice color selection!

I'm not great at always finding or remembering those little details on the plans that are gotcha's...that require removing rivets because they were installed prematurely. I've started making a list of those gotcha's because I only have like 56K of memory left, and I sometimes forget when I'm in...

I've seen some info on building RV-9 wings...some threads are old...wanted to tap into the wisdom here to ask is there were a handful of recommendations before I start my wings? Thanks in advance for throwing in comments, and Merry Christmas to everyone here on Vans...you're a gift of advice...

I did a little experimenting and the no-hole yoke gave me the best results

Your advice worked. I adjusted the squeeze to happen at the end of the throw and it squeezed the rivets. Saved me two trips to the pneumatic rebuild guy and the cost, thanks! :)

Will do thanks for the advice, I was wondering where the greatest force came during the throw

Good to know, thanks. I've found a repair facility and will send the unit there, since it's not squeezing anything at this point but my patients...soon to be my wallet...the joys of online buying.

I bought a used CP-214 rivet squeezer, and it squeezed 470D4-4 rivets only, nothing longer like a D4-6. Now it doesn't squeeze any 1/8 inch rivet...still dimples well. I tried it on my neighbor's compressor at 135 psi without any luck. My Sears compressor gets up to 100 psi. Thoughts? Thanks!

They missed the B-52...venerable bomber that's an amazing to fly

great, thanks! ...if it starts to warp one way, how do you un-warp it?

I wanted to offer up an alternative to working through an AME when a medical condition arises that necessitates a waiver or some sort of blessing from the FAA. I have crohns disease, and I work for the FAA as a planner, and wanted to offer an alternative that involves the "airman certification...

Proseal only on the trailing edge...senior moment

Does is make sense to alternate the rivets on the leading edge of a control surface...in my case I'm building the rudder. I will use proseal to hold the parts together, with a strip of L bracket running the entire length, clecoed in, allowing a couple of days for drying before I rivet. Thanks...

I bought the ETBB03 and 43, 03 is about half the size of a hershey bar, 43 is 1"x.8" on the end by 1.5" long. The 03 was $75 and the 43 was $49. If I've been good this year maybe Santa will put a 43 in my stocking :-P

I found a good source online for tungsten bucking bars. The company is called Tungsten Heavy Powder and Parts, www.tungstenheavypowder.com. Compated to other sources, their tungsten bucking bars cost less.

Was wondering if I could get some advice for a hand squeezer and no hole yoke combination, make and model, for riveting the last couple of 426 rivets in R-903 and R-904. I picked up a cheap squeezer that has worked on the 3/32 rivets but I didn't see a no hole yoke for it. I got pretty...

Thanks for your help! I'm still getting used to the way information is displayed, and how to put it all together.