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

kbstone · December 19, 2023

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 · December 19, 2023

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....