50 more tailcone rivets

[Ken]

I just installed about 50 more rivets on the inside of my tailcone
bulkheads which I missed during construction. Daryl pointed these out to
me and mentioned that many builders miss these and have tail cones that
are not as torsionally strong as they should be. Every bulkhead is made
up from 4 stamped pieces riveted together with 9 rivets on the 2" wide
shear flange. Then the fuselage skin also rivets the outer flanges
together with about 4 rivets through each flange joint. Apparently the
inner flange is also supposed to have 4 rivets joining each section of
bulkhead. Sure enough I have also seen other Rebels that don't have
those rivets so I thought I'd mention it. It is quite easy to add these
and it doesn't interfere with any exterior paint.

Ken




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