I plan on starting rib construction over the holidays. I am ordering my cap strip, 1/16 mahogany ply for gussets, birch ply for nose ribs and T88 from Aircraft Spruce. I live in NW ATL so I can drive down to get it all.
Can someone verify these dimensions/types are all correct?
Cap strip is 1/4 x 1/4 spruce
gussets are 1/16 90* mahogany ply
Nose ribs are 1/4 90* Birch Aircraft grade ply (the ASS Domestic stuff)
I roughed out I needed ~500ft of cap strip. Will 1 4x8 sheet of the 1/16 Mahogany ply be enough for all the gussets? How much Birch do you need for the nose ribs? Will 16 sq ft (2'x8' or 4x4) be enough?
Just making sure that is all you need of aircraft grade stuff to build these ribs. I plan on using MDF shop made jigs and routing my own nose ribs.
Thanks for the help,
Can someone verify these dimensions/types are all correct?
Cap strip is 1/4 x 1/4 spruce
gussets are 1/16 90* mahogany ply
Nose ribs are 1/4 90* Birch Aircraft grade ply (the ASS Domestic stuff)
I roughed out I needed ~500ft of cap strip. Will 1 4x8 sheet of the 1/16 Mahogany ply be enough for all the gussets? How much Birch do you need for the nose ribs? Will 16 sq ft (2'x8' or 4x4) be enough?
Just making sure that is all you need of aircraft grade stuff to build these ribs. I plan on using MDF shop made jigs and routing my own nose ribs.
Thanks for the help,
