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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...
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 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!
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...
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 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...
I took the advice from a thread to construct the rudder first, and all seems to be going well. I have a question about the type of rivet used to hold the nut plates onto the R-608PP reinforcement plates attached to the R-902 spar. I don't see where the specific nut plate is called out, either...