Riveting Aids for Homebuilders
This Military Specification
is provided for reference by Gil Alexander (and, of course, the US Army
Missile Command). The HTML version was scanned by Brian Yablon from
a ratty photocopy of a microfiche of a typewritten document and (miraculously)
converted to text using OCR technology. The figures in the original
were too poor to scan, and were thus redrawn by Brian to restore their
original integrity. In the original copy, things that changed from
MIL-R-46196 to MIL-R-46196A were marked with asterisks in the margins (per
section 6.4). Asterisks are not present in this web page; but they
appeared in the original adjacent to the following sections: Specifications,
Federal; Standards; 3.2.1.3 and 3.2.1.4. Internal document hyperlinks
were then added by Gil Alexander.
RV builders and other homebuilders using
flush rivets, check out this graphic showing how to measure the height
of the shop head of a flush rivet. Errors that reduce the strength
of your joints are easy to make here if you use a rivet guage that measures
from the surface of the skin.
Matronics Excellent RV Web Site
RV builders, click the Yellow RV6A image above to link to Matt Dralle's
excellent web site covering the RV series of kitplanes from Vans Aircraft
Bill Benedict's FWF Generic Fuel/Oil Hose and Fitting Drawing
Click the green RV6A image to get a 'zipped' file in AutoCAD format
( .dwg) of Bill Benedict's generic firewall forward fuel/oil hose and fitting
drawing as published in the 1998-Issue 5 of the RVator. The file
is named "fwfhoses.zip", download it to your computer and
upzip it. Thank you Bill.
One Set of Wing Building Instructions
Click on the Red RV6A to link to a copy of Will Cretsinger's wing building
instructions (these cover the newer pre-punched skin option)
Fuselage Jig Construction Notes
Click on the red RV6A for Will Cretsinger's Fuselage Jig Construction
Notes
Tip-Up Canopy Construction Notes
Click on the red RV6A for Will Cretsinger's Tip-Up Canopy Construction
Notes
Disclaimer: This information
is brought to you as an aid in inspecting the quality of your riveting
and kit building. The designer's plans, official MIL Spec. and FAA
documents are the governing requirements. Every care has been taken
to keep these documents accurate, but no liability is assumed for any errors
that may be contained in these web pages.
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Moved April 2001
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Alexander