back riveting – PH-MNX http://ph-mnx.nl Building and Flying my π in the Sky Sat, 11 Nov 2017 21:23:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.6 http://ph-mnx.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2023/01/cropped-maverick_150-32x32.png back riveting – PH-MNX http://ph-mnx.nl 32 32 Rudder Back Rivet Stiffeners http://ph-mnx.nl/2017/11/11/rudder-back-rivet-stiffeners/ http://ph-mnx.nl/2017/11/11/rudder-back-rivet-stiffeners/#respond Sat, 11 Nov 2017 21:23:45 +0000 http://ph-mnx.nl/?p=663 In the top of the Rudder there is a counter balance weight, which compensates the weight of the Rudder on the other side of the hinges. On several places in the RV-7 there are counter balance weights. The Rudder counter balance weight is placed in a rib on the top of the Rudder. The counter balance skin has extra rivet holes to attach it firmly to the Rudder skin.

With the 4″ squeezer yoke I was able to reach all rivets.
During the RV Training Project I found that I really like Back-riveting. The reason is that it is fast, the results are great and it minimizes the change of errors. I delayed the back-riveting of the Rudder stiffeners, in order to prime all Rudder parts at once. Now was the time to back-rivet the stiffeners to the Rudder skin.

I finished with the attachment of the counter balance skin to the Rudder skin. Unfortunately I’m out of LP4-3 blind rivets, so I can’t finish attaching the tip rib. I’ll have to do that later. 

Time: 4 Hours, Rivets: 268/2

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