That said, it got me to thinking about the order which components get assembled … so thought I would see if I could come up with a doable plan to allow for as many ribs as possible to be attached using solid rivets. Placed some of the spar box components together loosely to get a feel for how the parts fit together and the possibility of using solid rivets to attach the stabilator’s ribs.
spar caps are off to allow for a better view of the internals.
Much to my surprise, when entering the shop I discovered one of the garage door springs decided to break. I first noticed the safety cable dangling. Then I saw the pulley the spring attaches to hanging along with a chunk of the spring. Somehow the safety cable came out of the spring. Further investigation resulted in the discovery of a major infrastructure problem and the reason the safety cable came out of the spring. The wood attachment for the spring and safety wire literally disintegrated. Glad I was not around when it all self destructed. Fortunately, none of the shrapnel damaged any of the RV-12’s components. Looks like I have a little carpentry work ahead before continuing on the RV-build.
Suppose it would be prudent to just replace all the springs for the two garage doors. Had one of the springs for the other garage door broke, it could have damaged some of the RV-12’s parts. Soon the garage will be storing large and expensive to replace completed assemblies so feel it’s advisable to just replace all of the springs now.
