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PatrickW
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 Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 10:48 am Post subject: When to rivet Center Spar to Cabin Floor (601XL) |
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I am at 6-B-11b in the photo guide, where they recommend putting the fuselage on sawhorses.
Looking thorough the archives, it appears that it is ok to rivet the cabin floor & rudder pedal area at this time.
But what about riveting the wing center section to the cabin floor? Any reason not to do that at this time as well...?
Running out of clecos and looking for a sanity check. Apologies if there is guidance that I missed someplace.
Thanks,
Patrick
XL/Corvair
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Jaybannist(at)cs.com
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| Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:35 am Post subject: When to rivet Center Spar to Cabin Floor (601XL) |
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Patrick,
That depends on whether you have the dual sticks option. If you do, you will want to have the center section out of the airplane and on a bench to attach the stick brackets. You will have to make up a open-end wrench extension of some kind, with a small bit of duct tape to hold the nut, to insert between the plates of the center section. The top nuts (in the wrench extension) must be inserted from the end of the center section; but the bottom ones can be accessed through the bottom of the center section if it is not attached to the airplane.
If you have the "Y" center stick, rivet away.
Jay in Dallas 601XL N2630J "Lil Bruiser"
"PatrickW" <pwhoyt(at)yahoo.com> wrote:
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I am at 6-B-11b in the photo guide, where they recommend putting the fuselage on sawhorses.
Looking thorough the archives, it appears that it is ok to rivet the cabin floor & rudder pedal area at this time.
But what about riveting the wing center section to the cabin floor? Any reason not to do that at this time as well...?
Running out of clecos and looking for a sanity check. Apologies if there is guidance that I missed someplace.
Thanks,
Patrick
XL/Corvair
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darrellhaas(at)gmail.com
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| Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 12:12 pm Post subject: When to rivet Center Spar to Cabin Floor (601XL) |
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Don't feel bad. I have a thousand holes drilled and I'm scared to
rivet any of them.
Darrell
601 XL
N723DD reserved
On 2/15/08, PatrickW <pwhoyt(at)yahoo.com> wrote:
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I am at 6-B-11b in the photo guide, where they recommend putting the fuselage on sawhorses.
Looking thorough the archives, it appears that it is ok to rivet the cabin floor & rudder pedal area at this time.
But what about riveting the wing center section to the cabin floor? Any reason not to do that at this time as well...?
Running out of clecos and looking for a sanity check. Apologies if there is guidance that I missed someplace.
Thanks,
Patrick
XL/Corvair
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craig(at)craigandjean.com
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| Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 12:50 pm Post subject: When to rivet Center Spar to Cabin Floor (601XL) |
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Those clecos sure produce a lot of drag when flying.
-- Craig
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PatrickW
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| Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 1:22 pm Post subject: Re: When to rivet Center Spar to Cabin Floor (601XL) |
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I'm building the Y-stick.
Thanks,
- Pat
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zenithlist(at)yahoo.com
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| Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 2:55 pm Post subject: When to rivet Center Spar to Cabin Floor (601XL) |
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I riveted the wing center section to cabin floor as soon as I riveted the cabin, but be sure not to rivet at the very least the last two outboard holes on the center section as gussets will later be installed between the floor and center section. I chose to delay installing the rudder pedals to keep the center section clear.
PatrickW <pwhoyt(at)yahoo.com> wrote: [quote]--> Zenith-List message posted by: "PatrickW"
I am at 6-B-11b in the photo guide, where they recommend putting the fuselage on sawhorses.
Looking thorough the archives, it appears that it is ok to rivet the cabin floor & rudder pedal area at this time.
But what about riveting the wing center section to the cabin floor? Any reason not to do that at this time as well...?
Running out of clecos and looking for a sanity check. Apologies [quote][b]
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bradfnp(at)msn.com
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| Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 2:22 pm Post subject: When to rivet Center Spar to Cabin Floor (601XL) |
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Patrick,
I think you and I are at about the same place in our builds. I am building
the TD version though, but also with the center stick.
I have decided to go ahead and rivet the cabin floor, rudder pedals, center
spar heel support and channel all now before moving on to the sawhorses.. My
big delay has been deciding on interior paint. i figure now is the best time
to prime and paint the cabin floor and any other protuberance that will be
visible in the end.
I got rattle cans of self-etching primer from Autozone, cleaned with MEK,
the dreaded green 3m pads and then lightly sand with 400 grit. i figure one
coat of primer and two coats of epoxy paint.......
I figure, what the hell? if I rivet something out of sequence, I'll just
drill it out and do it over again, since I have already drilled out and
replaced about 60% of the rivets so far.......
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