I counted the rivets called out for in the fuselage plans and updated the chart on the lower right of the blog's main page. Here is just the fuselage rivet count.
Number of Rivets in an RV-14A
Fuselage only (see complete chart here)
| 25. Fwd Mid Fuselage Bulkheads | 284 |
| 26. Mid Fuselage Lower Structure | 1,308 |
| 27. Firewall | 439 |
| 28. Fwd Fuselage Lower Structure | 541 |
| 29. Fwd-Mid Fuselage Side Structure | 1,396 |
| 30. Aft Fuselage Attachment | 465 |
| 31. Fuel System | 30 |
| 32. Baggage Area | 644 |
| 33. Rudder & Brake Systems | 108 |
| 34. Flap Actuation System | 0 |
| 35. Upper Fwd Fuselage | 602 |
| 36. Aileron & Elevator Systems | 51 |
| 37. Roll Over Structure | 382 |
| Empennage | 4,446 |
| Wings | 8,276 |
| Fuselage | 6,250 |
| FWF |
Total: 18,972
The tail dragger would be very, very close to this number (in fact, same for wings).
I will update this list as my build progresses. As always, it will live on the
blog in the right column at the very bottom underneath the parts origin
and skin thickness lists. Direct link will be http://rv-14a.blogspot.com/#rivet_number
Want to wrap your brain around the mindlessness of the tasks involved in building a kit plane? Consider that each of those rivets represents at least one hole (sometimes many more when parts are stacked) and each of those holes gets at least two deburring tasks and sometimes match/final drilling and/or countersinking/dimpling and/or sealant application too. You can then calculate an upper-bound on the number of tasks per hole using some worst-case assumptions: Just 6x the number of rivets to get a grasp on the number of tasks involved with the holes.
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