Charles wrote:
Most A&P's would think very poorly of any Cherry rivet used where a solid
rivet is just as easily installed. My experience has been that solid rivets
perform far better than any blind rivet if installed correctly. Consider
buying the tools, practicing, and using solid rivets.
Where I work, much of the sheetmetal jobs are replkacing working Cherry Max
or Cherry rivets that have started to work loose. They should only be used
where the back side is not accessible.

They can be used for nonstructural applications also. I'd go with
what the designer called for or with what was there in the first place,
but that's just me. I'm sufficiently old fashioned about things like
this I wouldn't use fiberfill nuts on flight controls either.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired