Andrew wrote:


It is my understanding that the bucked rivet, which has
been
used over the years in aluminum aircraft, is stronger than the
pull-
type pop rivet. In consideration of the Zenith Aircraft 601
and 701,
how is it that they are using a Textron Brand pull-type rivet?
Has
there been some breakthrough in material or design in theses
Textron
pop rivets making them comparable to the old style "bucked"
rivets?

Apparently Zenith took into account the
strength of the Textron pull rivets when
designing the aircraft. Perhaps this meant
they used more pull rivets than solid bucked
rivets. Whatever. If the design accounts for the
strength of the fasteners then there is
no problem.

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Doug via Treo handheld



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