Eagler's Nest
Airframes => Single Seaters => XL => Topic started by: grdev on May 03, 2014, 01:54:28 PM
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Curious why you would use SS rivets on .020 aluminum ribs. I can see using them on the steel hinge & gusset to the main frames, but the ribs will be much weaker than a couple of 1/8" aluminum rivest I would think. I can see they would be subject to shear if they were not under compression from the fabric. Then you don't have as much as a corrosion problem to worry about.
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Curious why you would use SS rivets on .020 aluminum ribs. I can see using them on the steel hinge & gusset to the main frames, but the ribs will be much weaker than a couple of 1/8" aluminum rivest I would think. I can see they would be subject to shear if they were not under compression from the fabric. Then you don't have as much as a corrosion problem to worry about.
I used steel rivets from the aviation aisle of the local Lowes.
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Sounds good to me :)