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Re: Europa-List: Squeezing solid rivets

Subject: Re: Europa-List: Squeezing solid rivets
From: Fred Fillinger <n3eu@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 13:32:39

> Fred,
>            I guess the strength relates to the PFA requirement that
if
> anything jams the aileron or other control surface you should not be
able to
> break the control run with any force you could realistically apply
to the
> stick.
>           I found it worked well for me to do initial squeezing in a
large
> vice and then finish off with a hammer and a concave mini anvil on
the other
> end.   Regards, David Joyce, G-XSDJ

Can't quibble with that at all, but it's also true that on a rod end,
the force on the rivet is all shear, no tension.  So how "1-1/2 times
D" pretty the shop head comes out shouldn't matter, as long as she
can't....fall out!

Reg,
Fred F.




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