Left Wing Nose Ribs

Finished the last nose rib for the left wing today.  Same as the right wing so just a quick snapshot of them sitting in place...

Left Wing Ribs

Made two left wings ribs today...and one accidental right wing rib because I bent the flanges the wrong way.  Her is my plan to make sure that doesn't happen again:




Also, just a reminder that the first two inboard ribs are shorter because of the extra material near the wing root.  Look closely at this picture to see what I mean.  The 3rd nose rib is full size.



Two down...

Left Spar Progress

After a little Sun-n-Fun motivation, I got back in the garage.  Today I finished making the left spar rib brackets and mounted them.  Nothing different than the right wing here.  I used two washers on each bolt (one on bolt head and one on nut end).  I used a little blue Locktite again.  There is some debate about using this with nylon locknuts, but I know others have used it, so I'm following their lead.

I got to meet Glen Bradley (CX Yahoo Group) and Patrick Panzera (of CONTACT! magazine).  Both great guys!

Also, I saw the SPA Panther up close and personal.  That's a nice plane, and Dan seems like a good guy.  Might have my eye on one of those in the future.