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Subject: Europa-List: Rudder Pedal Pop Rivet to floor
From: Tony Renshaw <tonyrenshaw@optusnet.com.au>
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 19:41:58

Gidday,
I have been reading ahead in the section I am working on, the rudder pedal 
installation. So, there is a reference to pop rivets pulling through 
timber........here it is:
With an AN3-ZOA bolt tbroughthe holes in the floor panels attach an MS21 
047-3&chor nut, finger
tight, and hold it against the glastibre underside. Drill through the 
anchor nut's lugs with a 3.3mm
(l/S") drill and install them with TLPD419BS pop rivets. The rivets will 
pull through the wood and
hold onto the glassfibre skin.
The diagram also shows the pops going up through the anchor nut and pulling 
down on the underside of the deck. Now OK, I have 2 plies of BID on the 
underside of my floors, but am I right in taking this instruction 
literally? Why don't I flox up a puddle of flox in a hole repression where 
my rivets will take up and then use countersink rivets into this hardened 
flox, ensuring I would think a more solid fit. To pull through wood and 
then pull up on 2 plies of BID doesn't seem the best way. Advice on this 
appreciated.

Reg
Tony Renshaw
Sydney Australia

Classic 236  B.B. Taildragger
Tail, Wings, Ailerons, Flaps Complete and Connected
Lower Fuse in Jig, and module most recently installed.
Tail Torque Tube installed.
Mass Balance assembly installed and deflections sorted
Roof Panel between doors completed.
Photos at:
http://forum.okhuijsen.org/TonyR
Intended Engine: 912S CS prop (model undecided)
Instrumentation: Garmin 296 Colour GPS beneath an electronic Artificial
Horizon, one that I can trust for short periods IMC, to get out of a sticky
situation 




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