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Punched a hole in bottom skin

HeliCooper

Well Known Member
I thought I would make it through the whole plane without doing this...I was wrong. Already sent the pictures and my idea for a fix to Van's to see what they think. Just thought I would share to brighten someones day up.

The new hole is just forward of the line of rivets that attach the bottom forward skin to the center bottom skin and spar carry through.

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My idea to fix is:
Drill out the area #30 removing most of the dimple
Flatten the remaining dimple with a flat set so that the skins can be mated without interference
Match drill the spar carry through #30 and center bottom skin #30
Countersink the center bottom skin and spar carry through #30
Re dimple the F-1483-L #30
Rivet with a AN426AD4-4.5
 
Any follow up on this issue.

I know it's been a while but putting it in the Sheetmetal section of the Wiki for Oopsies.

Kind of looks like there's edge distance so flattening and cleaning up the hole then fill would work.
 
Repair

I think your fix is fine but it's Vans call.
Hole appears to be more than 1/4" from center of hole to edge.
 
Last edited:
2015

The original post is from 2015 so presumably it got fixed, but unfortunately there was no update to the thread for what was the solution. It happens.
 
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