After a couple hours of cutting and sanding geodetic pieces, I finally mixed up a little T-88 epoxy and glued up the first rib. Kind of a milestone — the first full size wooden rib I’ve ever built. Can’t wait for tomorrow when the glue is hard enough to pop it out of the jig. Then we’ll see whether this one gets used on the airplane, or used for destructive testing.
Cutting those geodetic pieces is a lot of tedium. Even more so since I didn’t aend the strips before cutting, so I then had to sand each piece individually. next time I’ll clean up the capstrip prior to cutting. I was cutting two pieces at a time, with the capstrip stock taped together. I may go for 4 or 6 pieces at a time as I get better at it. And, I need a better solution for holding the pieces. I knocked three of those cups off the bench at various times while assembling it. Things will be a lot easier if and when Pete’s R/C Cub gets off my workbench.