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Old 01-03-2015, 01:04 AM
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Gluing the Wing Ribs

Time to glue the wing ribs to the Leading/Trailing edges and Spars.

For gluing to the cardstock leading edge and trailing edge, Alene's Turbo PVA is used (just tried Zip Dry glue and love it-however it is highly flammable-not much use on a blue-flame thrower!).

Photo 25 shows how I cheated to keep the ribs in the proper shape when gluing the ribs to the spars. Ribs are already glued to the leading/trailing edges. Had to use super glue on the trailing edges, not to happy about that.
Buzzzzz 2 Pulsejet Paper Airplane-25.jpg

Photo 26 shows a wide angle view and the best item you can use when doing any kind of epoxy work: Wax Paper! Work great for a release on the spar lay-ups to keeping excess epoxy off of the work surface.
Buzzzzz 2 Pulsejet Paper Airplane-26.jpg

Photo 27 shows the wing positioned vertically for the actual epoxy fillets from rib to spar. Notice the double use plastic ruler..
Buzzzzz 2 Pulsejet Paper Airplane-27.jpg

Photo 28 shows the fit test of the outer fuselage to the wing. Yes, there needs to be a final carving to the wing airfoil shape to get the fuselage to fit properly.
Buzzzzz 2 Pulsejet Paper Airplane-28.jpg

Photo 29 shows the wing fit test to the wood power skid after the wing structure has been glued (ribs to spars).
Buzzzzz 2 Pulsejet Paper Airplane-29.jpg

More to follow.

Mike
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