Quick main tank nut plate question.

[TJ_Slice]

This is onboard/forward corner of the main tank. Is there enough room to countersink and rivet the wing skin that terminates right there? From my measurements, the edge of the rivet hole will be about 1/16” from the edge of the skin if I use a k1000 nut plate.

[Dpearson]

I’ve encountered that situation a few times. I just chopped one leg off the K1000 nut plate and used a single rivet to hold it in place. The screw + dimpled hole in cover +’countersunk hole in skin is what carries the structural loads. The rivets are just to keep the nut plates from wandering away.

[TJ_Slice]

I’ve encountered that situation a few times. I just chopped one leg off the K1000 nut plate and used a single rivet to hold it in place. The screw + dimpled hole in cover +’countersunk hole in skin is what carries the structural loads. The rivets are just to keep the nut plates from wandering away.

Thanks, I'll look at that.

[TJ_Slice]

Turns out I was worried over nothing.