I completed the RV practice project today, and there were some issues. The main one seems to be that when rolling the leading edges and riveting them together, there was some bowing between the rivets. Of course, this may have been because CP-2 had no holes nor any guidance on where to drill the holes on that part (or alternatively I'm blind and just missed them). Any ideas on how to avoid this problem on the actual RV-10 I'm going to be building when it arrives this fall?
The other issue was when riveting the ribs to the skins, the last rivet on each was problematic. I tried using their mild steel bucking bar that they recommended I fabricate, but it was near-impossible to rivet the opposite side of each rib. On the real plane, can I just use pop rivets in the last rivet on each?
Finally, please comment on the double flush riveting job I did/tried to do. I've never done it before, and it seemed pretty complicated. I did the best I could with it, but one of them had to be drilled out. The drill bit wandered, and I ended up having to go a size up on the rivet, which had a different length. That one, unfortunately is not flush, and I don't have a rivet shaver yet, so it's just going to have to stay that way for now. I guess I'll have to be extra careful on the real plane to avoid that problem. Other than that one, how do they look?
Any other comments are welcome. I wish I had kept the vinyl on because of all the workbench scratches. Live and learn on that one, I guess.
The other issue was when riveting the ribs to the skins, the last rivet on each was problematic. I tried using their mild steel bucking bar that they recommended I fabricate, but it was near-impossible to rivet the opposite side of each rib. On the real plane, can I just use pop rivets in the last rivet on each?
Finally, please comment on the double flush riveting job I did/tried to do. I've never done it before, and it seemed pretty complicated. I did the best I could with it, but one of them had to be drilled out. The drill bit wandered, and I ended up having to go a size up on the rivet, which had a different length. That one, unfortunately is not flush, and I don't have a rivet shaver yet, so it's just going to have to stay that way for now. I guess I'll have to be extra careful on the real plane to avoid that problem. Other than that one, how do they look?
Any other comments are welcome. I wish I had kept the vinyl on because of all the workbench scratches. Live and learn on that one, I guess.