Lite Ply. for wing ribs?
09-10-2009, 11:30 AM
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Lite Ply. for wing ribs?
Maybe another oops for my project, depends on the responses I get to this thread.
I cut my wing ribs with 1/8th lite ply before I realized what I was working with. Should I cut these again from the regular ply.? The wing ribs I cut are the right dimension (1/8th), and it's 3 ply, but it's definitely lite.
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Jim
I cut my wing ribs with 1/8th lite ply before I realized what I was working with. Should I cut these again from the regular ply.? The wing ribs I cut are the right dimension (1/8th), and it's 3 ply, but it's definitely lite.
Thanks
Jim
09-10-2009, 02:49 PM
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RE: Lite Ply. for wing ribs?
What model are you building?
WWI fighters used liteply for some of their ribs. Full scale WWI fighters. (A Nieuport wing in the Smithsonian has a bullet hole in a rib patched with a piece of cigar box (liteply) and the rib isn't much heavier.)
WWI fighters used liteply for some of their ribs. Full scale WWI fighters. (A Nieuport wing in the Smithsonian has a bullet hole in a rib patched with a piece of cigar box (liteply) and the rib isn't much heavier.)
09-10-2009, 03:17 PM
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RE: Lite Ply. for wing ribs?
The plane is a Meister Zero, and the ribs are the first 5 out of 13, the last 8 being 1/8th balsa. But, yes, the ribs in question are the ones which support the retracts and wing mounting area. So I guess I'm better off being safe than sorry, eh? At least I've got templates to work with. Gotta pay more attention to the web site I order my wood from, reading is fundamental.
09-10-2009, 05:05 PM
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09-10-2009, 05:23 PM
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RE: Lite Ply. for wing ribs?
I have to agree. You should recut them with the proper wood or if you have room you can ad some ply doublers to what you have cut. If it was me, I would grab a beer from the cooler and cut them all out again with the 1/8 inch ply. Good Luck, Dave
