Scott's RV-14 Build

Nutplate Challenges

5 years ago
| Working on: Elevator, Tail

Dimpled the trim tab servo reinforcement plates and then moved on to the 7 nutplates that will secure the exterior access cover. I had to modify a female dimple die with my grinder to clear the center threaded area on the nutplate.

Unmodified female die (upper) that interferes with nutplate center thread

Unmodified female die (upper) that interferes with nutplate center thread

Modified female die (lower) that now clears the center section.

Modified female die (lower) that now clears the center section.

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Scott Davis
Day job at Southwest Airlines. Building an RV-14 in my garage.
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