X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: "Marvin Kaye" To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 13:32:34 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from pfepa.post.tele.dk ([195.41.46.235] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3c4) with ESMTP id 860167 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 07 Apr 2005 03:25:03 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=195.41.46.235; envelope-from=yacht-pool@forsikring.dk Received: from [192.168.1.13] (cpe.atm2-0-55480.0xc2c09616.kd4nxx16.customer.tele.dk [194.192.150.22]) by pfepa.post.tele.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21EFE47FE29 for ; Thu, 7 Apr 2005 09:23:55 +0200 (CEST) X-Original-Message-ID: <4254E00F.4080406@forsikring.dk> X-Original-Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 09:23:59 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Tim_J=F8rgensen?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en, en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List Subject: Re: [LML] Flap rips for 360 References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit "I scanned the blueprints for the Flap Ribs (1-6) and got them cutout on a cnc router. They match the plans perfectly. They don't match the contour of the flap skins however."

Everyone has had this problem. No rib templates actually fit the airframe, they are usually too small.
With only 900 hrs. to go, you should have realized this a good while ago. I bet your aileron webs were too low also.
Consider the templates a schematic only, cut your ribs considerably larger and don´t cut away for core material initially. Trim your ribs to fit the actual part and you´ll be allright.
I believe prepreg to be the strongest and lightest material for the job, but a LOT of early kits are built with foam ribs and still hold up nicely.

Regards
Tim Jorgensen
360FB / 55% - only 2500 hrs. to go.............