The first thing to do is to make the root and tip templates needed to make the ribs. I made mine out of aluminium sheet rather than 1/16 ply. I photocopied the relevant section of the plan, cut out the templates and glued them to the ali sheet.
An hour or two's work with saw, drill and files and a couple of templates are ready for making the ribs by the sandwich method.
Never made ribs by this method before so I'm quite looking forward to it. Time to start cutting balsa!
Mark,
ReplyDeletevery interesting blog. I am an ex-pat brit living in Maryland USA. I am about your age and apparently share a passion for classic slopers. So far I have a Ridge Racer, Ridge Recruit, Sitar, Craftair Freedom and now plan to add a Pase 4 and a Phase 5!
What is the descriptive article behind your rib templates? Could I get a copy of it please (Keviine@aol.com) I have written to Chris asking about getting a plan out to me here.
Thanks!
Kevin
The article behind the templates is the instruction sheet that came with the plan.
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