Rivnuts & Nutplates
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 9:40 am
I just wanted to point out another product which really helps with building.
Rivnuts are not made for structural locations but are great for inspection
plates. Nutplates (generally floating) are the best for anything which
requires structural support.
I have had great experience with Click Bond floating nutplates. These are
nutplates which come with a silicon jig in the middle. They are installed
without drilling side holes. They are installed with industrial aircraft
approved glue which is a pain in the as but not all that bad. Glue comes
in small packets (e.g. for about 10 nutplates) and tubes (for which you
will have to buy a $40 gun) that will handle about 120 nutplates.
To give you an example, the top of the gear box modification for the Moose
requires 88 nutplates. This normally would require drilling 176 side holes
and riveting each side of the nutplate in position.
Using the Click Bond nutplates, the whole installation process took me 15
minutes!
The downside (there always is one) is that they are expensive. 10/32
nutplates are $1.75. I guess it depends on what your time is worth.
The only distributor I know of is:
http://www.theflightshop.com/fs/ClickBondInfo.php
Brent
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Rivnuts are not made for structural locations but are great for inspection
plates. Nutplates (generally floating) are the best for anything which
requires structural support.
I have had great experience with Click Bond floating nutplates. These are
nutplates which come with a silicon jig in the middle. They are installed
without drilling side holes. They are installed with industrial aircraft
approved glue which is a pain in the as but not all that bad. Glue comes
in small packets (e.g. for about 10 nutplates) and tubes (for which you
will have to buy a $40 gun) that will handle about 120 nutplates.
To give you an example, the top of the gear box modification for the Moose
requires 88 nutplates. This normally would require drilling 176 side holes
and riveting each side of the nutplate in position.
Using the Click Bond nutplates, the whole installation process took me 15
minutes!
The downside (there always is one) is that they are expensive. 10/32
nutplates are $1.75. I guess it depends on what your time is worth.
The only distributor I know of is:
http://www.theflightshop.com/fs/ClickBondInfo.php
Brent
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