So satisfying see you on high speed camera fitting all those rivets... Greetings from Spain
@TheBaldPilot Жыл бұрын
Welcome! Thank you!
@glenwhatley73663 жыл бұрын
As an experienced certificatedairframe and powerplant mechanic of twenty one years I can also tell you using a smaller diameter flush die with a rubber guard also helps improve your rivet setting. The smaller die concentrates the force on the rivet making it easier to drive. Also using a nice heavy tungsten bar improves it even more.
@TheBaldPilot3 жыл бұрын
Good points! Yes, the tungsten bar works great!
@mkwflyinglife51664 жыл бұрын
The swivel on the rivet gun was the coolest takeaway from this video. If you've run many rivers it's easy to how that would save a world of problems.
@TheBaldPilot4 жыл бұрын
Yes! It is a MUST HAVE!
@justindyster70734 жыл бұрын
@@TheBaldPilot where did you get that swiveling head at? Also, did you run a cross over vent line from one wing to the other? What is the PVC Pipe in there for?
@TheBaldPilot4 жыл бұрын
@@justindyster7073 aircraft-tool.com/shop/search.aspx?keyword=swivel for the swivel. I did not cross vent my tanks. The white pipe you see is PEX and is used as conduit for wiring, and to fish wires as needed.
@scratchbuilder59523 жыл бұрын
Very interesting video ... the Bearhawk factory wing is a thing of beauty... your rivets are baby bottom smooth... Well done sir...you’re in the league of those RV Oshkosh show masters....when things get to normal ... take it to Oshkosh ...it’s a show plane
@TheBaldPilot3 жыл бұрын
Many thanks!
@samj1185 Жыл бұрын
glad I watched! all good tips. Great work and beautiful plane.
@TheBaldPilot Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! Glad it helped.
@samj1185 Жыл бұрын
@@TheBaldPilot I too have long arms...it's a blessing, and a curse.
@av8ir684 жыл бұрын
Great job and great video!! 👍👍 I am so excited to see you get the wings together, painted and on your plane. I have 2 friends that have built Bearhawks in Oregon, in the same shop at the same time. They fly all the time together. They are never in the same plane though, they have to fly their own planes! Can’t wait to see you flying your dream!!
@TheBaldPilot4 жыл бұрын
That is awesome! Thanks so much! And thanks for watching!
@markdickens50113 жыл бұрын
One other option for those few rivets you just can't reach is to use a Cherry Max substitute. They make a series that fits a 3/32 countersunk dimple. I built a standard RV-8 kit and used some in areas where my old back just wouldn't cooperate.
@TheBaldPilot3 жыл бұрын
Great idea!
@donwtsn4 жыл бұрын
Nice mate! I did all of the riveting on Frankenstein solo too. Make a plan and take your time. Tungsten dollys are the best, nice and heavy. A little bit of masking tape on the rivet head helps hold the rivet in place before riveting, and it protects the head a bit. Good stuff
@TheBaldPilot4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tips, Don!
@sirnewton68744 жыл бұрын
Good Saturday Morning! great information.
@TheBaldPilot4 жыл бұрын
Morning! Thanks for Watching!
@HisWayHomestead3 жыл бұрын
great information about the pressure for the rivet gun!!!
@Parr4theCourse4 жыл бұрын
So THATS how those rivet guns work, pretty cool . . .
@earlbenge89044 жыл бұрын
Great job. So many people doesn't have the ability to understand what they need to do in order for them to get a proper job
@TheBaldPilot4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I should have shown one of the actual rivets too! Hopefully the idea was conveyed.
@TheBaldPilot4 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Earl!
@johnlile75623 жыл бұрын
Learned a lot, esp lowering air pressure to 25 psi, and the swivel head having some leeway. Gives me a bit more confidence and doesn’t seem as intimidating. Maybe you make it easier than what it really is. Soon will find out. Thanks for sharing.
@TheBaldPilot3 жыл бұрын
Glad it helped
@emersonportes30632 жыл бұрын
Nicely done, great video! Any recommendation for work like this in the Elkin, NC area? I have a plane with damage on the leading edge and I haven't been able to fly because of the damage. Please let me know.
@TheBaldPilot Жыл бұрын
I apologize for the late reply. I do not know anyone that does this type of work nearby.
@carlsonthomas Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing and excellent job on the rivets too. What did you use to prime with?
@TheBaldPilot Жыл бұрын
Thank you! I used Stewarts Systems Eco Prime.
@crusiethmaximuss4 жыл бұрын
Never seen this type of riveting before. I had to rivet a metal flap to keep my gas tank from moving on my car when I replaced the sending unit, and that rivet tool had two handles on it like a bolt 🔩 cutter... 🤔🧐 This is awesome to watch.
@TheBaldPilot4 жыл бұрын
What you are referring to is a Pop Rivet gun. Sometimes called "pull rivets" or "blind rivets". The method I am showing is usually aviation specific. In this case, we are installing solid aluminum rivets where one end is hammered, and the other end is "bucked" with a piece of tungsten.
@crusiethmaximuss4 жыл бұрын
@@TheBaldPilot Thank 🙏🏻 you for the video. It's fascinating.
@Eric-gi9kg4 жыл бұрын
Very Nice Job I've gotten use to full power and just walking into it. Though my background is from the commercial side of riveting. Using 3x and 4x guns and heavy steel bunking bars.
@TheBaldPilot4 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thanks!
@psgflier3 жыл бұрын
Interesting demonstration. I was wondering how the wing skins were riveted on. What size rivet are you using? The one thing you have to worry about using many light taps is work hardening the rivet and not getting a full set.Been there, done that. Seems like more than 4 or 5 hits and the rivets get too hard to set any more if a proper shop head hasn't been achieved.
@TheBaldPilot3 жыл бұрын
3-3.5 or 3-4 depending on the location. Thanks for watching!
@psgflier3 жыл бұрын
@@TheBaldPilot OK, #3s would be no problem with a 3x at 25lbs, I set a lot of them with a 2x when I rebuilt my cub, #5s don't work so well with a 2x. Nice job on the build. I'd be interested in building a BearHawk, but I got kind of burned out after the cub, and I have too many other things to finish that got neglected while I built it.
@TheBaldPilot3 жыл бұрын
@@psgflier Yeah I know what you mean. I think I hit burn out right as I am so close to final assembly! LOL
@psgflier3 жыл бұрын
@@TheBaldPilot Building the wings, fuselage, etc, you see immediate progress, things are coming together. When you get to the finish all the little details seem to be never ending and you don't see much change for the effort and time. You're looking good, and when it's flying you'll forget how much work it was, and the admiring comments will help you overlook all the flaws that only you can see but drive you nuts.
@TheBaldPilot3 жыл бұрын
@@psgflier All very true!
@Student-px4dn Жыл бұрын
Transported an experimental on a trailer, rubbed some wings, need to reskin, if you are ever in nor-cal and feel like demonstrating live how to rivet @me, ty for video
@TheBaldPilot Жыл бұрын
It's not that hard. Practice on some scraps first. You'll get it in no time.
@MrBarbuster4 жыл бұрын
bet you would make a great CFI
@TheBaldPilot4 жыл бұрын
LOL Thanks! I received my CFI and CFII ratings back in 1990. Haven't instructed in years! Don't have any plans to do so again.
@HisWayHomestead3 жыл бұрын
the only smiley was on your face!!! LOL
@TheBaldPilot2 жыл бұрын
HA! Yes!
@darrentejero98104 жыл бұрын
no minor dents? even if not 90 degrees? i cant see dents, pretty awesome sir, that rubber makes quality
@TheBaldPilot4 жыл бұрын
Yes and air pressure setting at 25lbs at the gun helps too!
@josesbox95553 жыл бұрын
Here we are watching you test fly your airplane.😬
@TheBaldPilot3 жыл бұрын
It's hard to believe! 😀
@madhurimachakraborty62902 жыл бұрын
Can you share the details of the rivet gun you're using?
@TheBaldPilot2 жыл бұрын
I used this one in the 3X version. www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/topages/rivetset737.php
@yozaanugrah19973 жыл бұрын
What matrrial you using for the skin?
@TheBaldPilot3 жыл бұрын
That is 2024 Aluminum. Thanks for watching!
@hafizuddinmohdlowhim8426 Жыл бұрын
May you share what is the specifications of wing skin please?