Monday 31 October 2011

30th October 2011 - Dzus fasteners

I decided to use Dzus fastners to fasten the cowl to the mount strips. These are not the completely flush types (which are silly money!) but appear as a flat screw head on the outside. They take a quarter turn with a screwdriver to fasten and unfasten. The cowl mounting strips were removed and the cowl mounting pilot holes drilled out to 7/16" to take the raised surround of the Dzus "nut". Then 1/8" holes were drilled for the mounting rivets. The mounting strips and the fasteners were dimpled to accept countersunk rivets. AN426AD4-4 rivets were inserted and set using the pneumatic squeezer. Then the holes in the cowl were drilled out to take the Dzus "screws". The mounting strips were then clecoed back into place and the cowl replaced and checked for fit. Then the front inner floor was also installed and screwed into place and the rudder system installed.


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