Another learning experience was deciding to use solid rivets on the trailing edge of the flaperons. "Spruce" offers a wide assortment of solid rivets and, surely, the AN470AD "hard" rivets must be the best for this job. I used the familiar "Ground Down Vise Grip Pliers" as a rivet tool and practiced squeezing two or three in some scrap aluminum. As my grandfather would have said, "It'll take two grown men and a young boy to install these!". A couple of days later an assortment of AN470A "soft" rivets arrived and the flaperon trailing edge was riveted.

If you have a use for an assortment of hard, solid rivets they are free for the asking. There are small bags of AN470AD-4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 3-3, and 3-4.

If you are considering using solid rivets on the flaperon trailing edge, the softer AN470A-3-3 might suit.