Wings, Wing Tip (Part 10)

Alright, the Ribs have dried overnight and are ready to be installed in the Wing Tip Fairings.  I clecoed the Ribs into place on their respective Fairings and installed the rivets.  The aft three rivets on the top and bottom of each Fairing are MK-319’s and the rest are AN426AD3-3.5 rivets.   I used my gun and bucking bar to set the solid rivets and hand rivet puller for the MK-319’s.

The plans advise “When setting solid rivets in fiberglass composites, use soft rivets or leave normal rivets with a longer shop head (approximately 1.2 x the hole diameter)”.  I used solid rivets and followed Van’s guidance.

Here is the top of the right Fairing with all the rivets set.....

.....the bottom of the right Fairing.....

.....and the inside of the right Fairing showing all the shopheads.

Here is the top of the left Fairing with all the rivets set.....

.....the bottom of the left Fairing.....

.....and the inside of the left Fairing showing all the shopheads.