Work continues doing the final preparations on
the ribs before the wing skeleton assembly begins. The plans call for selecting a W-1210
left and right rib that have had the forward flange removed. The ribs are to be matched
drilled to the W-1210B doubler plates. Once the ribs are matched drilled, they
are deburred and then the doubler plates are riveted onto the ribs. The plans
call for LP4-3 pop rivets but I used AN470AD4-4 solid rivets to attach the
doublers onto the ribs.
Match drilling a W-1210-R rib to the W-1210B-R
doubler plate.
Front and back of the two W-1210 ribs that have
had the W-1210B doubler plates riveted in place.
The next step in the plans call for selecting
two W-1210-R and two W-1210-L ribs which will be match drilled to the flaperon
hinge bracket assemblies.
Match drilling one of the W-1210 ribs to the
W-1216 flaperon hinge bracket assemblies.
All four of the W-1210 ribs match drilled to the
W-1216 flaperon hinge
bracket assemblies ... final riveting will occur during
wing assembly.
If one looks closely, I purposely riveted the
hinge brackets last week or so in such manner as to have the rivet’s
manufactured heads on the inboard flaperon hinges face inboard and the manufactured
head of the outboard hinges to face outboard. There was nothing in the plans
mentioning this, but I thought it would ultimately look nicer that way.