172 rivets

[Jason5]

Does anyone know how many rivets are in a cessna 172? I'm tryin to join the aviation fraternity at my school and I did something wrong and now its my assignment to find out.

 

[paulsalem]

172 ironically.

what did you do wrong?

 

[A Squared]

172 ironically.

what did you do wrong?

Yep, and there's 180 in my C-180. Ufortunately there's only 6 in the DC-6, so each one is pretty critical.

 

[paulsalem]

Damnit A Squared,

I was hoping he'd go back to his frat with that answer and come back with another punnishment. Like playing the Star Spangled Banner on the stall horn of a 172 or somthing.

Sorry not a fan of frats.

 

[Hadhafang]

Yep, and there's 180 in my C-180. Ufortunately there's only 6 in the DC-6, so each one is pretty critical.

Well then, it is amazing that so many DC-3's survived the war.

 

[NW_Pilot]

Does anyone know how many rivets are in a cessna 172? I'm tryin to join the aviation fraternity at my school and I did something wrong and now its my assignment to find out.

hahahahahaha! aviation fraternity!!!!
hahahahahaha!

 

[whaleroast]

Go ask one of the A&P's at your airport. I'm sure they'll have the answer.

 

[81Horse]

I once had a chief pilot who used to try to rattle you during a checkride by asking, "How many rivets in this plane?"

The correct answer being, "One for every hole, Chief!"

His other favorite -- maximum tire speed (for the PA31), a number which appeared absolutely nowhere except on the tire itself.

He never really expected answers to the Trivial Pursuit questions; he just liked to see the new guys' faces when they finally hit a question they couldn't answer.

So Jason, try this answer: One for every hole.

 

[A Squared]

dangit A Squared,

I was hoping he'd go back to his frat with that answer and come back with another punnishment. Like playing the Star Spangled Banner on the stall horn of a 172 or somthing.

Sorry not a fan of frats.

Ooopps, sorry

 

[aucfi]

Does anyone know how many rivets are in a cessna 172? I'm tryin to join the aviation fraternity at my school and I did something wrong and now its my assignment to find out.

HAHA

What school/frat?

 

[Jason5]

WMU. Im in the aviation college there. Dont worry, its not a real frat u guys.......more like a club. And yes, ill probably say "one for every hole." Maybe then they'll give me a bigger plane that i can find somethin about online.

 

[Geronimo4497]

There are 11,482 rivets in a 1977 C-172N.

 

[81Horse]

There are 11,482 rivets in a 1977 C-172N.

Like I said, one for every hole.

Seriously, you made that up. Right?

 

[DrewBlows]

WMU. Im in the aviation college there. Dont worry, its not a real frat u guys.......more like a club. And yes, ill probably say "one for every hole." Maybe then they'll give me a bigger plane that i can find somethin about online.

It depends on the airplane. Go down to Maintenence and ask on of the mechanics to show you the rivot count in the maintenence log. They have to keep track because it changes sometimes when they make repairs. It's a pretty common question on check rides so it's good to know where to find it.

 

[81Horse]

... It's a pretty common question on check rides so it's good to know where to find it. ...

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.

 

[Jason5]

did u know that off hand geronimo?

 

[WMUSIGPI]

In as in how many are supposed to be there as part of it's construction or in as how many are rattling around inside unneeded when it leaves the factory

 

[Metro752]

Dang, I told like 4 people there are 172 rivets in a 172, and 182 in a 182, and they figured it was right. HAHA

 

[MFRskyknight]

Sorry not a fan of frats.

Haha. Can you say "popped collar pink polo shirts"?

MFR

 

[fatdumbandhappy]

...The correct answer being, "One for every hole, Chief!.....

I don't know, I've flown some 152's with some empty holes

 

[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!