18/03/2025 - Leg fairings (p3) - 3h
Continuing on the pilot side gear leg fairing. After all the countersinking was done, I started rivetting the line of rivets from the hinge to the fairing.
I used the pneumatic squeeze for this but have "under-set" them as per the manual. They all remain a bit thick and narrow on the shophead side. Setting them more creates a risk to create cracks in the holes while setting because of the soft and fragile epoxy material. Squeezing them was easy, you just have to pay attention that the die does not press on the hinge-eyelet and that the rivet set die is big enough to move over the hinge eyelets when fully squeezing. If you touch an eyelet, it is hard to push back and it brings the eyelet out of alignment making insertion of the pin more difficult. (ask me how I know...).