anything on the exterior skin if I'd been able to do what you've already
done. It is a tricky thing to get much benefit from making a doubler
that is thicker than the underlying material and .040 is thicker than
the bulkhead. The rivets or bolts tend to start ripping out of the
thinner material first. As usual though, pay more attention to what MAM
or guys with more experience than me say.
I only remember a bit of flex where the top of the extra bulkhead meets
and rivets together. Nothing that I'd call a bend. No spacer on mine.
The skins also help lock the two parts together.
Ken
Jose & Terry wrote:
Hello fellas, I too am in the middle of installing the float points
and found the mod section pics of the doublers. I should have asked
what thickness material they were ahead of time cause I already made
them out of .040 .I made 4. 2 for each side and left about 13
inchs from center to each end which I plan on riveting to the
bulkheads past the float points. also plan to put the diamond outside
over the float point later. I wonder if this is going to be o.k. or
should i make them again thicker? Oh yes also the part in the manual
that says at the double bulk head end to bend the back one and rivet
it to the other is a little strange to me, seems like the second bulk
is going to go up at a weird angle or is it bent with a spacer
inbetween? any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Jose
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