[simpits-tech] Jay's F-16...

[Gene Buckle]

> Yeah, I was a little intimidated by the bucking type rivets as I didn't 
> really know how to do those properly.
>
I'm hoping the EAA will add a riveting tutorial video.   I've never seen a 
rivet placed from the bucking-bar side of the process.

>  Skinning will be the last thing I do.  I'm thinking of running the 
> strake as a permanant fixture, then making the top and bottom panels 
> into two sections each that can be removed to gain access to the inside. 
> I just haven't quite figured out how to do it yet.  But I'm a ways away 
> from that.

Actually, that's pretty easy.  First thing I would to is create a 
cap-strip that's 1" wide to a side that you can use to cap the edge of the 
strakes with.  You can cut down a bunch of aluminum angle to make tiny 
brackets to attach the cap strip to.

>From there you can install more of the homemade L brackets and nut plates 
to allow you to use screws to attach the "upper" and "lower" skins with. 
Get yourself a rivet fan, a pile of #6 x .25" flat head screws, a micro 
stop and you're off to the races. :)

g.



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