ROGUE TROOPER Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 I have been planning designs for my next LR project using SR71/aircraft designs such as......... ....and B24!! I like the idea of Aliminium bolts/nuts on low stress areas such as bodywork What counter sunk bolts do they use, are they Titanium or alloy? ta R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROGUE TROOPER Posted April 12, 2006 Author Share Posted April 12, 2006 Oh and UH1!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 Normally use rivets of various diameter/lengths/material to hold aircraft skins together, bolts/nuts are used when parts are required to be removed for servicing/replacement or access to other areas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minivin Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 Rogue pop down Sunday afternoon or summit, I'll take you through the fastener junkle for MIL aircraft then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minivin Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 Oh while I'm bored, I mean, having a quick tea break, Titanium bolts and rivets tend to be used in extreme temperature situation as the exhaust nozzles on PANAVIA Tornado's et cetera and locations that may suffer from severe corrosion between aluminium items due to dissimilar metal corrosion such has in high salt environments in under carriage bays. Aluminium rivets, ranging from Hiduminium, Duraluminium or bog standard alloy rivets, are used depending on the material grade they are holding together, but depending on what is used will depend if they need to be left in a freezer or heated before use as they will age harden if stored on a shelf. Stainless Steel solid rivets (Think Green Anodised in MIL applications) are used in naturally stainless steel applications for light heat shields and fire bulkheads, and other locations where more localised strain resistance is required over the alloy rivets. The Golden Rivet, go down to Pompey and a sailor will show you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 don't forget that lovely Inconel stuff for the really high temp things. Then your plain jane AN/NAS/MS stuff for the airframes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niall_CSK Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 The Golden Rivet, go down to Pompey and a sailor will show you Who's been hanging around sailors too much then? "Where's this Golden Rivet then, I can't see it?" "It's definately down there, you just have to bend over a bit further" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROGUE TROOPER Posted April 13, 2006 Author Share Posted April 13, 2006 So whats best for Burmabright!! Plain old Alloy rivets..... but I want to use ****ersunk bolts with nylock nuts (M6ish) to fasten Ali to Ali rather than rivit! I can get hold of Radar Absorbant Paint, retails at £1000/1L!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROGUE TROOPER Posted April 13, 2006 Author Share Posted April 13, 2006 Rogue pop down Sunday afternoon or summit, I'll take you through the fastener junkle for MIL aircraft then Will do......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minivin Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 So whats best for Burmabright!! Plain old Alloy rivets..... but I want to use ****ersunk bolts with nylock nuts (M6ish) to fasten Ali to Ali rather than rivit!I can get hold of Radar Absorbant Paint, retails at £1000/1L!!!! Birmabright being a good corrosion resisting alloy will resist most salts upto a certain point, they used to make rescue boat hulls out of it during WW2 to be dropped by Maritime Lancaster's. Plated Mild Steel Fasteners that are assembled with a corrosion inhibitor should be little issue, but titanium is optimum for high corrosion environments (but not in your bank managers eye's ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillbilly Raider Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 Who's been hanging around sailors too much then? "Where's this Golden Rivet then, I can't see it?" "It's definately down there, you just have to bend over a bit further" OI we is "ard" us Pompey girls yer know!!!! From the Pompey girl who married a pongo and went posh and moved to Grannies house in the country! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPR Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 OI we is "ard" us Pompey girls yer know!!!!From the Pompey girl who married a pongo and went posh and moved to Grannies house in the country! You may be interested in Patrick O'Brien's take on Pompey "girls". 'ard isn't innit. "Brutes" he said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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