Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #11088
From: Finn Lassen <finn.lassen@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: RV-3 for sale cheap
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2004 09:35:11 -0400
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Russell Duffy wrote:
Message  

If you use pop rivets, don't ignore Finn's advice like I did <g>.  Either use a lot of aluminum rivets, or use stainless in a lesser quantity.  My oil cooler is fine with lots of aluminum rivets, but the water coolers get a lot more shaking and abuse.  I actually have fewer rivets in them, and they're also aluminum.  So far, I've lost about 4-5 rivet heads from those, so I'll be converting them to stainless as they break.  I will probably add some more as well.  I also believe Finn used some epoxy between the support and the core, which I now believe would have been a good idea.  Live and learn (to trust Finn) :-)

 

JB Weld (what else?). Never failed.
Actually, after buying new cores they're now sitting in trays with thin foam liners.
Finn
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