Date: November 13, 2007

I got a little time to work on my plane tonight. Yardwork needing to be done before snowfall took precedence this weekend.

Not too much work done tonight. I wanted to reinforce the plywood reinforcement pieces. I cut pieces of 1/16" ply to fit in the holes of ribs 1 thru 3. Then drilled a hole in them. The hole I drilled was larger than the 1/2" hole for the joiner tube holes. These fillers weren't for reinforceing the hole, they were to provide extra glue surface area.

The process was pretty straight forward. I cut six pieces, then fit each piece into the rib. I then traced the holes onto the filler pieces. I drilled the holes and glued the filler pieces onto the ribs.

Once the glue dries, I can continue. Next step, the shear webbing, then sheeting the top of the wing.

Picture 1: Filler pieces temporarily in place in wing ribs.
Picture 2: Filler pieces temporarily in place in wing ribs.
Picture 3: Hole location traced onto filler pieces.
Picture 4: Filler pieces glued in place.