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dgilding(at)verizon.net
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Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 4:20 am Post subject: Attaching floor ribs and baggage ribs

I am building a RV-6A and was wondering  what the easiest way to rivet the floor ribs and baggage ribs. I took the  F-604 out of the fixture to coutersink all my holes and prime the attaching  brackets and was thinkng maybe it would be easier to rivet the floor ribs on  while it is out vs. in the fuselage fixture. Does anyone have any  advice?

  

 Dean Gilding

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bigdog(at)bentwing.com
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Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:19 am Post subject: Attaching floor ribs and baggage ribs

You should do all the riveting in the jig. The spacing  of the front and rear spar carry throughs are critical. You should be paranoid  about the spacing because if it's off the wings won't fit and it's game over.  That's what the jig is for. The outer floor ribs are curved and you'll only get  them right in the jig. I've built 2 slow build fuselages and the paranoia was  only slightly less on the second.

  

 Greg Young



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   I am building a RV-6A and was wondering    what the easiest way to rivet the floor ribs and baggage ribs. I took the    F-604 out of the fixture to coutersink all my holes and prime the attaching    brackets and was thinkng maybe it would be easier to rivet the floor ribs on    while it is out vs. in the fuselage fixture. Does anyone have any    advice?

    

   Dean  Gilding

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Smcm75(at)aol.com
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Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:27 am Post subject: Attaching floor ribs and baggage ribs

In a message dated 9/1/2010 11:21:03 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  bigdog(at)bentwing.com writes:

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		     You should do all the riveting in the jig. The    spacing of the front and rear spar carry throughs are critical. You should be    paranoid about the spacing because if it's off the wings won't fit and it's    game over. That's what the jig is for. The outer floor ribs are curved and    you'll only get them right in the jig. I've built 2 slow build fuselages and    the paranoia was only slightly less on the  second.

	


 

 You also might try my way of keeping the floor ribs in alignment to drill  by cutting 1"dia pieces of wood doweling and placing them between the ribs at a  90 deg. angle to align the ribs. Then tie a piece of string to each piece  of wood and lead it through the fuselage skin holes behind the front spar. After  you drill and rivet the floor ribs you can pull on the strings and  remove the dowel sections.

  

 Scott Morrow

 RV-6A N548SM

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