JENSWAY
Member
Hi all!
I've recently attended an air show and noticed that on most of the RVs, their leading edges have dents where the rib webs have pressed against the skin.
I noticed on my dad's C170B, the ribs are cut off at the leading edge (i.e. the last pre drilled hole on a RV leading edge rib...)- no dents.
I have read through most posts about L.E. denting.
Please would someone help and confirm if my idea of slightly bending the last few fingers on the rib web ( the ones at the L.E. that aren't pre drilled) past 90 degrees. In this way, they don't physically touch the leading edge.
By doing this, I found that fitting them in the jig hasn't been an issue
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I've recently attended an air show and noticed that on most of the RVs, their leading edges have dents where the rib webs have pressed against the skin.
I noticed on my dad's C170B, the ribs are cut off at the leading edge (i.e. the last pre drilled hole on a RV leading edge rib...)- no dents.
I have read through most posts about L.E. denting.
Please would someone help and confirm if my idea of slightly bending the last few fingers on the rib web ( the ones at the L.E. that aren't pre drilled) past 90 degrees. In this way, they don't physically touch the leading edge.
By doing this, I found that fitting them in the jig hasn't been an issue
.