efitzgerald
Active Member
I am fitting the F-771 skin on a RV-7 Tip up.
This started as a quickbuild kit so none of the firewall to skin rivets are set on the bottom and sides (not sure if this would be the case with a slow build).
First the skin is extremely tight. I had to use a ratchet strap to pull it into position with the longerons. All of the clecos are in and now the firewall is being compressed in the curved sections to the point is being bent.
Should I be concerned with this, or wait until the time comes for final mounting to see what it looks like?
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Thanks
This started as a quickbuild kit so none of the firewall to skin rivets are set on the bottom and sides (not sure if this would be the case with a slow build).
First the skin is extremely tight. I had to use a ratchet strap to pull it into position with the longerons. All of the clecos are in and now the firewall is being compressed in the curved sections to the point is being bent.
Should I be concerned with this, or wait until the time comes for final mounting to see what it looks like?
Thanks