Panther Sport Aircraft Forums

Stan
Fillig the small hole in the center would be fine. It would be alot of work, and i thin on would quickly succumb to covering over the entire rivet head, which is bad for many reasons
The first thing i think when i see an aluminum airplane with rivets heads filled , is , what are they hiding.
second the filler around rivet will crack sooner or later looking terrible
you cannot easily inspect or repair the rivets (until the paint / filler cracks per above)
Aluminum aircraft with filled in rivets look terrible. You have a somewhat wavy surface that smooth like composite...

If you do not like the look of the Blind rivets you can always use "bucked" rivets, which would likely be faster in the end than filling in the blind rivets.

Dan W

Stan,

Anything is possible.

https://picasaweb.google.com/tonyboytoo ... 7395889938

Pulled rivets are supposed to have holes in the center. They're like dimples in golf balls. Fill the holes, and your Panther will be the slowest one on the block.

Tony

Hello all,

I'm not presently a builder, but if I do decide to build an aircraft it will be a Panther or a Cougar. A thought struck me that I thought would be worth mentioning regarding the pop rivets used on the Panther.

A friend of mine had the pleasure of going to Air Venture 2015 and got a first hand look at the Panther. He thought it looked a bit unfinished with all of the rivets with holes in them. So my question is what's to prevent one from filling the holes with some sort of epoxy putty to make them look more like driven rivets? It would keep water from pooling in the rivet cavity, maybe improve looks, and help hold the rivet stud in place. It would add some small amount of weight too.

So, am I just a crazy newbie or does this idea make any sense?

Stan J.
AKA Steamer