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Rivnuts instead of self-tapping screws on canopy hoops?

 
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 12:52 pm    Post subject: Rivnuts instead of self-tapping screws on canopy hoops? Reply with quote
It would be more simple safe and easy to drill all the way through the tube and engage a K1000-6 nutplate. It would be a lot less esthetic but the ugly nutplates could be camouflaged by dressing up the tube with a split rubber hose to cover it from underneath. A big advantage of a nutplate is its locknut action allowing you to have it hold tight without tightening the screw hard against the plexiglass.

Dred

---- Craig Payne <craig(at)craigandjean.com> wrote:
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Has anybody tried using rivnuts to hold the canopy to the hoops instead of
the self-tapping screws? I've got a few stripped holes and wonder if rivnuts
could be used for repair or in the original build. One problem I see is that
the shoulder of the rivnut could be a stress point. The self-tapping screws
hold the canopy against the smooth hoop.

-- Craig


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