Greetings...

Well, I've posted comments about the overall quality of this particular ARF, as shipped from some country other than our own.

Notwithstanding all that, I simply shelved the airframe due to the one major challenge I could not overcome, (at that time). As shipped, both lite ply tabs on the two wing halves were snapped off at the leading edges. Since the wing is designed for retracts, no ply, blocks or other material is present to anchor dowels to attached the wing to the fuselage. I went over several scenarios but none suited me and I wasn't about to strip the wing and rebuild it.

Then it dawned on me. Why not simply cut two new root ribs from 5-ply birch and laminate them to the halves? So I did. I traced onto
3/32", cut 'em out on my band saw and sanded smooth to the wing panels.

This will increase the span slightly but solves my wing attach dilemma. Now, maybe I can finish the warbird and actually fly it. The SK .80 had been mounted on the nose for the past year, patiently waitin' it's first few drops of fuel.

I just thought I'd share this so anyone else with a similar situation due to shipping from foreign, (or domestic) lands might be able to get their airplane working again, lol...

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