Hi. I need some advice from the experienced builders please. Despite being carefull to get all my wing ribs in the correct order and places, it seems that i have made two mistakes.
Firstly on the right wing, I have main ribs 5 and six from the outboard side switched. This is not the one with the hinge bracket. The only difference is that six is aft trimmed and five is not. The ribs are otherwise the same.
I picked this up when riveting the ribs to the spar. Is it important to drill out and switch or can I leave them?
At this point I decided to check the right wing nose ribs and discovered another mistake. I had a W 1208R nose rib that was not aft trimmed. I checked the left wing and discovered that I had used the fwd and aft trimmed rib in step 3 on page 15-05 instead of only a fwd trimmed rib. This is the second rib on the inboard side. ie one where you would walk on the wing.
So it is only riveted to the attach angle where it should be riveted to the angle and spar.
As I have riveted all ribs and spars it would be a mission to undo. So I need to know if it is necessary to drill them all out (and those necessary to get to these) or does the wing have more than sufficient strength as it is?
All responses would be appreciated.
Firstly on the right wing, I have main ribs 5 and six from the outboard side switched. This is not the one with the hinge bracket. The only difference is that six is aft trimmed and five is not. The ribs are otherwise the same.
I picked this up when riveting the ribs to the spar. Is it important to drill out and switch or can I leave them?
At this point I decided to check the right wing nose ribs and discovered another mistake. I had a W 1208R nose rib that was not aft trimmed. I checked the left wing and discovered that I had used the fwd and aft trimmed rib in step 3 on page 15-05 instead of only a fwd trimmed rib. This is the second rib on the inboard side. ie one where you would walk on the wing.
So it is only riveted to the attach angle where it should be riveted to the angle and spar.
As I have riveted all ribs and spars it would be a mission to undo. So I need to know if it is necessary to drill them all out (and those necessary to get to these) or does the wing have more than sufficient strength as it is?
All responses would be appreciated.