Rib to spar riveting on the horizontal tail
Posted: Mon May 29, 2017 9:10 pm
How is everyone riveting the ribs to the spars on the horizontal tail?
The plans call for the factory heads of the rivets to be on the interior of the structure and the shop heads to be on the forward side of the front spar and the aft side of the rear spar. I cannot get a pneumatic riveter or hand squeeze riveter in there to do the job.
I cannot keep the factory heads of the rivets flat against the surface while trying to rivet.
What did I miss?
Here is a picture of my problem.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bobarthur/shares/Co22Co
The plans call for the factory heads of the rivets to be on the interior of the structure and the shop heads to be on the forward side of the front spar and the aft side of the rear spar. I cannot get a pneumatic riveter or hand squeeze riveter in there to do the job.
I cannot keep the factory heads of the rivets flat against the surface while trying to rivet.
What did I miss?
Here is a picture of my problem.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bobarthur/shares/Co22Co