Locate your ribs at the exact dimensions shown in the manual. As others have said, you trim the cap strip(s) as necessary to allow the bolts & pins to be installed. No problem.
Re: Butt Rib install problem
Locate your ribs at the exact dimensions shown in the manual. As others have said, you trim the cap strip(s) as necessary to allow the bolts & pins to be installed. No problem.
John Evens
Arvada, CO
Kitfox SS7 N27JE
EAA Lifetime
Chap. 43 honorary Lifetime
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If some clamps are good, more are better!
--Brian
Flying - S7SS
Re: Butt Rib install problem
Originally Posted by aviator79
Anything worth doing is worth over doing!
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I will be installing #1 exactly as instructed. I would still like to see the trim job others have done so I can make mine look just as nice.
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I don't know if anyone would consider what I did "nice", but here it is... I probably cut those cap strip tails off more than I needed to, but it worked out just fine. By the time that I fabricated the under-wing closeouts everything looks good to me, and there are no structural or other issues, in my opinion. I just wanted to show you that they can be cut back a lot if you wanted to.
John Evens
Arvada, CO
Kitfox SS7 N27JE
EAA Lifetime
Chap. 43 honorary Lifetime
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John,
Huge help! I have seen your aircraft and consider the work very clean. Thanks for the picture.
Steve
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mine looks like John's. I tried to post a pic last night but it seems I have the pic posting problem mentioned in previous posts.
Eddie Forward
Flying
SS7, 912iS, Garmin G3X
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