RE: Redesign and reconstruction of the Oldest Taurus on Earth
WEDJ
Some pictures the way I sheet the spars and ribs when sheer webs are already between the main spars.
First glue the two wings together (dihedral /anhedral) and making the intern sheets to join the sheeting of the wings in the centre. (picture 1)
Next, first bottom and then top of the sheeting of the TE with extra straight spars to get them straight.(picture 2)
After this you only still can warp the wing, not bent the TE. All ribs are “in line”
Then top of the D tube, wing is still flexible.
You can see if the top of the sheeting does have a good fit with the ribs. (picture 3)
Next most important is the bottom because then the D tube is fixed.
Only during gluing the bottom of the D tube the wing is fixed on the table with spars under the TE and 5 kg steel (11 pound) on top. This is the only moment you can make the ”wash out”. (picture 4 and 5)
Only check to do is, have the wingtip ribs ,left wing and right wing, both the same angle! I can see that only from the backside on a distance of a few meters.
I always make the width of the sheets a few mm less than the distance between backside spar and front side LE to get the good binding of the sheeting on the ribs. With a few tapes I fix the position of the sheeting on the ribs.(picture 6)
Little dents I repair with a few drops of water and an flat iron. (Yes, hot of course!)
Cees