Tim; I'm having thee same problem. So far just plan to do away with the wooden end ribs at the outer end once I have the main part of the wing completed. It certainly isn't structural. W.G.(Bill) KIRKLAND wkirkl...@rogers.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Brown" <timwbr...@yahoo.com> To: "KR Net" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2003 9:53 PM Subject: KR>(no subject)
> I am fairly certain that I am not the only one > building a 2S to install the 33 rib on the spars > before reading further (or remembering) to > install the foam extensions. The foam extensions > call for 2 layers of BID on both sides extended > 2" onto the wood spars. (plan sheet W2) > > I have removed the LE and TE of #33 so I can > follow the plans. Because the outer wing foam is > already in place between the spars and 5/8" > square spruce gussets are T-88d in place, I > really don't want to mess that up. Any thoughts > about glassing the foam per plans but then put a > fillet of thick micro or flox at the junction of > the foam to rib and carry the glass onto the rib? > > One other question/thought. The 29 1/8 rib seems > to be irrelevant. The plans show to radius the > LE of the wing tip(which you could not do as > shown on the plans with the rib installed as > shown) and also to round the tip outer edges > (again which you could not do with the ply rib > there). Are you all not using this rib or just > using a portion of it? Are you putting an > additional 3 or 4 inches of foam beyond the rib > and putting the radius and rounding here? > > Tim > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html
