I would think the chance of having to replace a skin section pre-launch is low.
After recovery and hopefully reuse, somewhat higher. Part of it too is that I
can drill holes with equipment on hand but I have no welding capability.
-Bob
On Aug 13, 2018, at 11:14, J Farmer <jfarmer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 8/13/2018 9:02 AM, Robert Watzlavick wrote:
Spotwelding would work as well and would be lighter. One advantage of
rivets is that the skin can potentially be replaced if needed by just
drilling out the rivets.
-Bob
On 08/13/2018 04:28 AM, Uwe Klein wrote:
Am 13.08.2018 um 05:25 schrieb Ray Rocket (Redacted sender ar0cketman fordoes anything speak against spotwelding here?
DMARC):
fasteners were AACS-04-02 blind rivets.
Is it worth the effort of analyzing the likelihood of removing the skin
without major renewal of the airframe?
John