172 rivets

[BLing]

All I know is that some of the 172's that I've flown are missing half of their rivets!

 

[BRIGADEAVIATOR]

HA HA thats up there with the good old "get me some flightline and prop wash for the airplane..."

 

[pilotyip]

1,223,456 in a B-24, 419,313 in a C-47

 

[Flyerjosh]

No, it's not. It's a useless trivium, and any check airman who asks the question (other than for a joke) is just playing I'm-Going-to-Show-You-How-Much-I-Know-and-You-DON'T. Just like Jason's frat brothers are doing.

Actually I don't think he's referring to a pilot checkride... perhaps a mx practical checkride? Don't know, but I could see how that could be an item in a log somewhere that an examiner wanted an A&P to find. Of course it could also just be like heading over there and asking for a bucket of propwash... that's why I fly them, not fix them.

As to the whole aviation frat thing... that's too funny. AHP? All we ever did was sit around, drink beer, and play full contact "slip"...

 

[Jump Pilot]

How many ping pong balls (table tennis for those more sophisticated) fit in a 747?

 

[Geronimo4497]

did u know that off hand geronimo?

nope, i ran out and counted them right when you asked the questions.....

 

[81Horse]

Next: cabin air samples.

 

[DrewBlows]

The 172R is different than older 172's and has more rivots. They had to do some structural changes when they certified it at a higher gross weight (and as I said before, the number will be different from airplane to airplane). Go down to maintenance and ask someone to show you the number for a specific airplane (I think N976BC has the most *spin plane*). When you find out let us know.

 

[belchfire]

There was a hulk that I used to rob parts
off that had a cut off 16d nail driven as
a rivet...must have been a repair station
to do work like that!

hehehe...

 

[81Horse]

... a cut off 16d nail driven as
a rivet...

I'll be go-to-hell -- you found Granddad's airplane!

 

[Flyerjosh]

Next: cabin air samples.

Ever hear of "exceeding the speed of heat"? One of my finer FA prank moments, I must say...

 

[A Squared]

...must have been a repair station
to do work like that!

Yeah, no kidding. I'm in the process of rebuilding a Citabria. One wing had been "repaired" at a repair station. Instead of the large head aluminum blind rivits which hold the fabric on a Citabria, they had used small head hardware store *steel* pop rivits. Thay had also done repairs to a couple of the ribs with the same steel pop rivets. Oh yeah, and a repair to a spar which doesn't comply with 43-13 specs on spar repairs....what the heck, there's 2 per wing so they're obviously redundent.

Not currently a big fan of repair stations.

 

[DrewBlows]

That's some scary stuff. The worst part is when an airplane breaks up in flight you will never have a clue (during those last few minutes) that farmer Joe fixed it in 1975 with parts laying around the barn.

That's precisely why WMU keeps track of every rivot. Find your answer yet Jason?

 

[81Horse]

Find your answer yet Jason?

He must have moved on to the beer-drinking portion of the hazing.
:beer:

 

[DrewBlows]

He must have moved on to the beer-drinking portion of the hazing.
:beer:

Or the other part...



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