In today’s post, I’m getting back to the last rib to install in the wing, which is the aileron bellcrank rib. The first thing you might notice is that the rib attach angle on the spar is facing the opposite direction. In this previous blog entry about the Left Wing Skeleton Build Up, I describe […]
Right wing assembly – part 3 – Rear spar
Now that all the ribs have been located (with the exception of the aileron bellcrank rib), the next step is to locate and drill the rear spar to the ribs. For me, the best place to start the work of locating the rear spar is to begin with getting the end ribs perfectly perpendicular to […]
Right wing assembly – part 2 – Leading edge ribs
In the last post we left off with getting the outboard ribs located (# 12 and 13) as shown below. Then I got the leading edge rib attach angle clamped in place. On the backside of the angle, I marked the edge distance and a centerline down the flange that is clamped against the spar. […]
Right wing assembly – part 1
The plan for today is to start assembling the skeleton of the right wing. That is to get all the ribs drilled to the spar. As seen on the picture below, there is a flange on the forward side of the ribs. This rib is later fastened attached to the spar with blind rivets. As […]