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Wing tip rib left and right
- Thread starter jasman45
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My RV-8 manual says in the section "preparing the ribs":
Hope that helps.
Ribs may be either "left" (suffix L, i.e: W-709-L) or right (suffix R, i.e. W-709-R). You may identify the "hand" of a rib by holding it with the leading edge away from you with the flange closest to the tooling holes towards the floor. If the flange is on your left, the rib is an "-L", if it is on the right, it is an "-R".
Hope that helps.
I'm not a builder, ...BUT
It seems to me that I have read previous posts that point out that an "L" rib doesn't necessarily go on the left wing, and vice-versa.
The L and R seem to indicate the 'orientation' of the rib. Some "L" ribs go on the right wing????
If true, who thought up THAT idea?
Someone who has actually built an RV jump in here and set me straight...
It seems to me that I have read previous posts that point out that an "L" rib doesn't necessarily go on the left wing, and vice-versa.
The L and R seem to indicate the 'orientation' of the rib. Some "L" ribs go on the right wing????
If true, who thought up THAT idea?
Someone who has actually built an RV jump in here and set me straight...
That's true, the "-L" and "-R" only specifies on which side of the web the flange is. The plans then tell you where you have to mount what kind of rib. This makes perfect sense. The part number (including the L/R suffix) only specifies the part itself, in this case a rib. The rib on its own doesn't know where it belongs. In fact you need the -L kind on both the left and the right wing (same for -R), and if you used the suffix to specify the final location of the rib rather than its shape, you would end up with identical parts having different names. As it is now, there is a very clear mapping between name and shape.
