Sunday, December 16, 2012

Main ribs ready for primer

I've had the majority of the work on the main ribs completed for some time now, but I hadn't yet decided which holes I was going to drill / increase in diameter for items such as pitot and static lines, coax, and AOA tubing.  All of the holes are drilled for the 3/4" conduit (purchased from Vans) that I will be installing for most of the wiring. The middle hole on most of the main ribs is pre-drilled to 7/16", and is therefore left alone.  The bottom tooling hole was opened up to 3/8", which is the size specified by the SafeAir1 pitot / static kit for grommets.  Only one tooling hole exists on the three outboard ribs, and I opened up that hole to 3/8" also.  It was not necessary to modify the outermost rib.  This was the last step that needed to be finished prior to priming all of the main ribs and attaching them to the spars.

Conduit holes drilled to 3/4", one tooling hole on each rib opened up to 3/8"
All main ribs ready to be scrubbed and primed

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