Savannah kit made it home! Next question........Rivet source?

[kbstone]

Yeah!  The Savannah VG kit made it home this weekend after 23 hours of driving!  I am sorting through all the parts and everything looks in good shape.  There are no major surprises (yet).

 

 

 

I knew going into the sale that there was little hardware with the plane (most of it is already installed) but I need to buy blind rivets and want to make sure I purchase the correct ones.  I searched the forum and did not see specifically where a part number was called out so I thought I would reach out with my question.  I also did not see the part number in the manual other than A3, A4, A5.

 

I've researched the Zenith forum and know they use a custom mandrel on the rivet gun to make the flush head into a dome head (as mentioned here).  The Savannah general construction instructions in the manual states:

 

From the way this reads, they are not using the "Zenair" rivets that dome the head when pulled.  I did not get the OEM rivet gun either so I need to buy one.  Most of the riveting I did on my Sportsman build were solid rivets with a few pull/blind rivets.

 

Here is what I think the rivets are:  https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/hapages/avexblindriv.php?clickkey=680266

 

Thank you for any guidance!

 

Kyle

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[Bodie]

Here are some of the rivits I ordered from Aircraft Spruce to replace some of the rivets that needed to be drilled out 🤐...  I was told to get these by the North American distributor as a match for the A3 - A5's.  I also needed a few with different length shanks, and a few countersunk ones but those were kind of self-apparent at the time.... hope this helps....

 

 

 

1661-0512 DOME AVEX RIVET (PACK OF 50) Part #: 04-01949-50 Mfr Part #: 79093-50 $5.000 / EA

 

 

 

AVEX RIVET # 1601-0410 Part #: 1601-0410 Mfr Part #: 1601-041 $0.090 / PC-10.0% Net $0.081

 

 

1601-0414 AVEX RIVETS Part #: 1601-0414 Mfr Part #: 1601-0414 $0.080 / PC-10.0% Net $0.072

 

 

[kbstone]

Perfect..thank you @Bodie!