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billy5823
Joined: 16 Oct 2007
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Location: murphy
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| Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 8:39 pm Post subject: trailing edge |
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| hey guys am i reading the book right , the rivet goes in the middle of the rib meaning down in the vertical thick part of the rib. thanks billy |
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Roger
Joined: 25 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 9:17 pm Post subject: rivit |
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Hi Billy:
No, no. The rivits go in the capstrip along side the center web. The way I did mine was put them all in the side away from the fuel tank. The book is fairly specific about not putting them in the middle.
Roger |
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scubarider
Joined: 24 Dec 2006
Posts: 287
Location: Cleveland, GA
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| Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 7:14 am Post subject: actually |
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Actually, if I recall my book also said to put the rivets down the "center" of the ribs. I did the first one and of course it did not hold. So, asked here and got the "right" answer and put the rest down the side. Worked great.
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Dennis |
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DaveU
Joined: 16 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 12:52 pm Post subject: |
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For the trailing edges on the wing and the flaps/ailerons, I used a slightly different method. I put a countersink on the wood capstrip, and then used a dimple plier to put a dimple in the trailing edge material. This made a little better setup, since technically the trailing edge material is too thin to make a proper countersink, and it indexed the trailing edge onto the ribs when all was gooped up with the epoxy. much easier to get alignment. Probably not a big deal, but that is what I did. I would send a picture, but they were too blurry to tell what I did.
Dave, #97 doing the annual inspection. |
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