Thursday, May 4, 2017

Complete Nut Plate Installation in Left Wingtip

After riveting the nutplates in place yesterday, silicone plugs were installed into the nutplate threaded area to keep out epoxy.  You can see the orange plugs in the photo below.  Once the plugs were installed, a generous portion of Hysol epoxy was added to the the area covering the rivets and area between the rivets as indicated in the builder's manual.  After letting the epoxy setup for 45 minutes, a nice filet was made using a wet finger. Hours: 1.5

Nutplates installed and epoxy smoothed.  Orange Silicone plugs in screw holes

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