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Wings...rib clips 06/29/03 - Today I was able to get out to the shop for about three hours and got a good start on drilling and riveting the rib clips to the rib ends. Each set of wing ribs has a fore and aft clip which attaches to the spar and each end of the top and bottom side ribs ultimately gets four 1/8" rivets, so that's 16 rivets (and their associated holes) which is a bit time consuming but not really difficult at all if you keep things aligned. I was able to finish six of the nine ribs on my right side wing today and will try to get the other three finished tomorrow evening. Following are a few photos of today's task starting with the #3 rib:
Showing a bit of the drilling process (luckily my little el-cheapo press table has a slot that accommodates a #30 cleco so I could hold things in place while drilling):
And six of nine completed:
More updates soon... |
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Last Update: 06/29/2003 |
