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Looking at the stabilator rear spar; rib to spar details G and B show CCC-42 blind flush rivets but detail C shows CCP-42 regular blind rivets. This this correct? Or should they all be flush?

Thanks,
Anthony

Anthony,
I don't have the plans in front of me so I can't give references. If you look ahead you will see there is a big aluminum Y that mounts to the tailpost, and this is riveted to the aft spar on final assembly. The flush rivets let the Y lay flush on the spar. The Y does not go the full span.

Bryan Cotton wrote:Anthony,
I don't have the plans in front of me so I can't give references. If you look ahead you will see there is a big aluminum Y that mounts to the tailpost, and this is riveted to the aft spar on final assembly. The flush rivets let the Y lay flush on the spar. The Y does not go the full span.

I also don't have plans in front of me but what Bryan says sounds correct. The inboard ribs are attached to the rear spar channel with countersunk rivets to clear the "Y" tailpost, but the outboard ribs don't have this conflict and use CCP rivets.

You can test this by just laying the larger "Y" in your kit against the back of your substructure to see how it fits.

Awesome info, thanks.

Since the "Y" attaches to the rear spar of the stabilator and i'll have to final drill/deburr shouldn't I wait until then to rivet the stabilator skin?

Looks like some builders rivet on one side (bottom) and or also part of the top skin.

Seems to be that it would be best to wait on riveting the stabilator skin until final fitting to the fuselage.