14-07 Wing Ribs Riveted to Spar
We used a 10” Rivet Set to do the rib front flange/spar web riveting. This is because I wanted to put the Manufactured Head on the rib flange, being the thinner material, and the long…
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14-07 Wing Rib Bolts
The ribs are clecoed onto the spar, and all apart from the outer three ribs have bolts top & bottom of the flange. This is the hardware removed from the spars as supplied. Some people…
14-06 Flap Hinge & Torque Tube
Flap Hinge Brackets After the marathon priming job, it was nice to start assembling the parts. I decided to try out the C-Frame back-riveting technique to set the 470AD4 rivets attaching the Flap Hinge Brackets…
14-06 Priming
Lots of parts to prepare for priming. I’d planned to scuff and degrease them in the morning, and spray the acid etch in the afternoon. But it took so long I ran out of energy,…
14-04 to 05 System Holes
Vans now get you to enlarge various holes in the ribs to accept different sizes of snap bushings. There is lots of debate in forums etc as to the merit of Vans’ choices here, but…
14-03 Step 4 Match Drilling Ribs to Spar
The spar arrives with all the AN3 bolts for rib attachment installed, so the first job is to remove these and stow away safely until later. Once this is done, the ribs are clecoed to…
14-03 Removing Outboard Rib Flanges
Step 3 asks you to remove the aft flange, but not the flange radius, from the W-1012 Outboard Wing Ribs. I couldn’t work out how to saw them off, so I used a Dremel cutting disc….
14-02 & 03 Aileron Torque Tube & Flap Brackets
It’s really good to be moving on from the rib prep … much more interesting. The next steps involve preparing parts for the aileron torque tube & flap brackets. Aileron Torque Tube Brackets After separating and…
14-02 Wing Rib Prep Complete!
Well steps 2 & 3 are at last finished. The steps, shown below, are the most time consuming so far in the build, at least 20hrs! Simple process, but done 28 times : ) And…
Halfway through Wing Rib Prep!!
Back from work this morning, so after a snooze because of a night out of bed, I pressed on with preparing some more ribs. 14 now complete, so halfway. The ribs with XXXX-L name have…