---------------------------------------------------------- RV7-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Fri 09/07/07: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 07:14 AM - Straight ribs (Thomas Phy) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 07:14:35 AM PST US From: "Thomas Phy" Subject: RV7-List: Straight ribs Gary, On my first kit, I made a jig out of scrap wood I found. I copied mine from the one illustrated in one of the earlier RVater newsletters. This jig gets all of your flanges square to the rib, then you flute to make them flat. (Make sure you mark where your rivets are going so you don't have a flute where the rivet goes). Find a picture of this tool and make it! You have to do this to the wing ribs also. (The new kits come this way, YES!) Makes the job easy and fast! Anyone know which RVator it was in? Thomas Phy RV-7 Fuselage being worked on Rotary powered > > Greetings: > > Have an '"older" empennage and instructions dating > back to 1999. Understand RV-7, 8 and 9 have the same > Vert Stabilizer. Is there anything in the "Newer > Instructions" about about tapering (angling) the > flanges of the VS Ribs to match the desired contour > (taper) of the VS ??? > > Thanks, Garey > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message rv7-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/RV7-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/rv7-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/rv7-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.