Aft fuse

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Joe Parish
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Aft fuse

Post by Joe Parish »

Hey guys,

I am done drilling the aft fuse and getting ready to take apart and deburr.

I am wondering about the areas with 3 and sometimes 4 layers of material (skin,j stringer, bulkhead and the F-779 skin) on the aft bottom?

Is dimpling all 3 or 4 to much? None of the parts are over .040 thick. Dimple 3 and countersink the fourth? Wondering how you guys went about it.
Looked on several build sites but did not find much. Thanks for the input.
Joe
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Post by captain_john »

Joe,

Dimple them all.

There is no limit to the number of nested dimples in a stack.

Have at it!

:wink: CJ
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Post by bullojm1 »

Joe,

I'm with CJ - dimple everything. It will turn out looking fantastic when it's all riveted together.
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Post by Joe Parish »

Thanks guys! Dimple it is.
Joe
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Fuse in progress
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