David Jenkins
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| posted on 3/12/08 at 10:25 PM |
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How many rivets!!
I was talking to my brother on the phone this evening... I've built my car, he's building an aeroplane. It's going to be a rather
fast all-metal job - cruising around 200mph or so.
So I was chatting about Locosts, and why people buy air-powered riveters 'cos fixing an ali floor with 3 or 4 hundred pop-rivets is a PITA.
He then told me how many rivets he will be using on his plane - 12,500! And they're all proper ali rivets, set either with a press (where it
will reach) or an air hammer. Phew!
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Thinking about it
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| posted on 3/12/08 at 10:32 PM |
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A few years ago a load of microlights and a guy with a plane he had built himself had a bit of a meet up in a farmers field at the back of my house.
Went and had a chat "As you do". The guy who built the plane had used 23,000. I was amazed.
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blakep82
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| posted on 3/12/08 at 10:33 PM |
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not sure i'd fancy building my own plane!
but then perhaps he knows more about building planes than i know about cars 
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modee
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| posted on 3/12/08 at 10:38 PM |
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2600 in our 750mc locost
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tegwin
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| posted on 3/12/08 at 10:38 PM |
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Can you imagine the paperwork.... Jesus....
(and yes, the CAA are officially worse than the DVLA/VOSA!!)
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 3/12/08 at 10:43 PM |
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It's being inspected at regular intervals by the Popular Flying Association inspectors - who are sticklers for details.
He does know what he's doing - he's an ex-RAF officer who used to be in charge of aircraft maintenance, and he's a PFA inspector
himself (but not for his own plane!).
He also told me the thickness of aluminium he's using - 32 thou for the main skin, slightly thicker for the more stressed areas. That's
damn thin, when you pick up a set of feeler gauges as a comparison (as I did).
[Edited on 3/12/08 by David Jenkins]
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 4/12/08 at 07:53 AM |
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If he's using that many rivets, il bet the plane will cost him more than £250 
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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pewe
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| posted on 4/12/08 at 10:31 AM |
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Sounds as if they are making a whole bunch of rivets held together by aluminium.
(Older readers will recognise that as a non-original comment - but what was it used to describe?)
Cheers, Pewe 
Steve, get your thinking but not quite close enough.....
[Edited on 4/12/08 by pewe]
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stevec
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| posted on 4/12/08 at 10:43 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by pewe
Sounds as if they are making a whole bunch of rivets held together by aluminium.
(Older readers will recognise that as a non-original comment - but what was it used to describe?)
Cheers, Pewe
Dakota?
Steve.
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