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    Mar 2022
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    Granbury, TX
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    Default Straighten Warped / Buckled Ribs

    I recently purchased an STi project and trucked it from North Dakota to Texas. Several ribs that were installed in the rudder and vertical stabilizer have warped or buckled due, I think, to the increased temperature and humidity here in Texas.

    Any suggestions on how to straighten in place? I was thinking of cross-cutting, straightening, adding a stiffener, and then using Hysol to bond the stiffener and splice the cut.
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    Kliff Black
    STi project purchased April 2023
    RV-7 completed 2016

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