Sunday 4 October 2009

4th October 2009 - Rib Progress

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.
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