Eagler's Nest
Airframes => Single Seaters => XL => Topic started by: JimG on May 07, 2015, 07:15:08 PM
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Hi There , just received my plans from Leonard and am looking forward to getting on with it.
I have a question , the EAA tech videos show soaking and prebending the top curved member of the ribs, is that a standard practice on this style of built up rib and is it a requirement on the LE ribs.
Thanks
JimG
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Hi There , just received my plans from Leonard and am looking forward to getting on with it.
I have a question , the EAA tech videos show soaking and prebending the top curved member of the ribs, is that a standard practice on this style of built up rib and is it a requirement on the LE ribs.
That won’t be required for your building your LE ribs. The bend is not great enough to warrant soaking/prebending of cap strips.
Best of success on your project.
Scott
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I agree with Scott... soaking is not required.
I would like to offer some advise based on my experience. I bought all pre-cut material from ACS. The bulk of the .25" cap strips were amazing quality. Most of them had a very tight grain running parallel to the cap strip. Take the time to select a piece like this for the top and bottom of each rib. In the material I received, there was the occasional piece of wood where the grain pattern was random or at an angle to the piece. If you bend a piece like that you might find there is a weak spot. A few of the pieces I received actually snapped. That was a good thing. It revealed possible failure points and I was still able to use those pieces for the short lengths within the rib.
Hope that helps and good luck.
Vince