Work continues making the wing ribs but the end seems in sight now. 15 ribs are now fully complete out of a total of 26. There are four variants: the root rib which is smaller and has the larger openings to allow the spar attach brackets to pass through, rib 2 which is a fully sheeted but has the same basic structure as the normal ribs, rib 13 which is also fully sheeted and also has a solid wood nose section 4" long to allow the wing tip to screw into it (if I decide to build the metal wingtip), and ribs 3 to 12 which are the standard open section ribs.
I have also now fully kitted the remaining ribs with the exception of the diagonals which are cut to fit in situ. The bottom picture shows the four sheets for the left wing ribs 2 and 13, bags containing all the rib uprights cut to length, and all the required gussets. At
current rate of progress which seems to be two ribs every three days I should finally have all the ribs done in three weeks.
Finally the last rib is glued, cleaned up, and final sized. Next job is to clean up the workshop which seems to have largely disappeared under a mountain of sawdust. The sacrificial board on the worktable will then be replaced with a new sheet of 9mm MDF and then the actual wing construction can start - BUT I'm still waiting on some Douglas Fir for the spars. The company cutting it for me had prettty much completed the job when a resin pocket appeared at the end of the cut length so it is back to waiting for some more lumber.
