---------------------------------------------------------- RV9-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Tue 06/19/07: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 01:36 PM - Re: Top VS Rib Won't Fit (Bob Perkinson) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 01:36:03 PM PST US From: "Bob Perkinson" Subject: RE: RV9-List: Top VS Rib Won't Fit Jeff >From the photos it looks like you have not fluted the rib. Get a flexible metal ruler and eyeball the pre-punched holes. You might find that the line of holes is not in a straight line but produce a slightly curved line. Fluting the flange will draw the holes into a straight line and reduce the overall length of the rib slightly. Bob Perkinson Hendersonville, TN. RV9 N658RP Reserved If nothing changes Nothing changes In the other picture, I have forced the rib inside the skin, and clecoed it in all the way back to the aft spar, including the forward spar, except for the holes in the tab. As shown, the tab had to be bent quite a bit to fit inside, to where the hole in the skin is no where close to the mating with hole on the tab. To make it fit, it looks like I would have to flatten out the flanges of the tab, then cut back on the tip to reduce the length, then trim the flanges and re-bend them to make the tab narrower. http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=117768#117768 Attachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/vs_rib_2_357.jpg http://forums.matronics.com//files/vs_rib_1_911.jpg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message rv9-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/RV9-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/rv9-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/rv9-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.