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After carefully marking my aileron ribs, the coating process covered my marks, so I’m left trying to determine which ribs go where so I don’t have to drill any additional holes.
No problem differentiating left side from right (the way the holes are staggered on the TE); no problem with the butt, tip and two center ribs. What is remaining are the five standard ribs per side.
I’m trying to determine which goes where by matching the holes in the ribs to the holes in the TE. I’m not getting a good match – in some case I have to twist the rib to make holes line up – not a great sign.
1. Is there a further difference between the ribs that would clue me into which rib goes where?
2. Am I wasting time or should I drill another hole in the rib? If I drill, I’m weakening the rib – is that significant enough that I should consider reinforcing the rib? If so, is there an easy way to accomplish that?
- MikeH
No problem differentiating left side from right (the way the holes are staggered on the TE); no problem with the butt, tip and two center ribs. What is remaining are the five standard ribs per side.
I’m trying to determine which goes where by matching the holes in the ribs to the holes in the TE. I’m not getting a good match – in some case I have to twist the rib to make holes line up – not a great sign.
1. Is there a further difference between the ribs that would clue me into which rib goes where?
2. Am I wasting time or should I drill another hole in the rib? If I drill, I’m weakening the rib – is that significant enough that I should consider reinforcing the rib? If so, is there an easy way to accomplish that?
- MikeH