Rib lacing

[Flyboy66]

I entered the YouTube time machine as well, and watched them many times before I finally figured out how to snug my knots. I have a smart TV up in my garage so I can watch videos of whatever I need help with. Found two videos from Poly Fiber. The rabbit jumped under the log, over the log and made a U-turn.......

I am done lacing the right wing. Today is upper surface rib tapes and perimeter tapes.

[efwd]

That was the video that got me through it as well.

[Flyboy66]

It’s a little challenge, but I can do it upside down almost as fast (I start from the trailing edge and work toward the front until I can’t reach the needle, then move around to the front of the wing to finish. That is one of the reasons my knots were such a pain when I was finishing the rib. I was able to do this by myself with the wing flat on its rotisserie.

[t j]

Rib lacing rack. My wife and I pass the needle back and forth through the wing.

[Flyboy66]

I ran my needle and laced with the wing flat. All hole locations were marked ahead of time. The light from the ceiling allowed me to see where the needle was when I was pushing it through from the top to go through the lower surface fabric, and I could see the needle point pushing against the fabric when I pushed it up from below. At the end, I was doing a rib in 23 minutes, and that was with 2 1/2” spacing on every rib. I need to get the left wing ready to go as soon as I can so I don’t have to relearn my skills.