SquishyOleo
Member
Hello Everyone!
I'm having a bit of trouble getting the W-909-L/R leading edge ribs into the W-901 leading edge skin. The ribs just don't want to fit in there properly and it takes what seems to be an excessive amount of force to just get the holes to within a quarter inch of each other. I've managed to get the two most outside ribs in but that required two guys, pushing full force, and then using an awl and clecoes to essentially lever the rib down into position. To me that just seems wrong. I've been in contact with Van's support about the problem and have seen the responses that I figured I would, "No one else has had that problem", "They're supposed to be tight", etc, etc. They have suggested that my leading edge skins may be incorrectly bent but I'm not sure how to confirm that aside from putting them side-by-side with the fuel tank skins. Has anyone else run into this problem? This even makes me concerned about the assembly of the fuel tanks and the added complication of Proseal in there.
Thanks!
I'm having a bit of trouble getting the W-909-L/R leading edge ribs into the W-901 leading edge skin. The ribs just don't want to fit in there properly and it takes what seems to be an excessive amount of force to just get the holes to within a quarter inch of each other. I've managed to get the two most outside ribs in but that required two guys, pushing full force, and then using an awl and clecoes to essentially lever the rib down into position. To me that just seems wrong. I've been in contact with Van's support about the problem and have seen the responses that I figured I would, "No one else has had that problem", "They're supposed to be tight", etc, etc. They have suggested that my leading edge skins may be incorrectly bent but I'm not sure how to confirm that aside from putting them side-by-side with the fuel tank skins. Has anyone else run into this problem? This even makes me concerned about the assembly of the fuel tanks and the added complication of Proseal in there.
Thanks!