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 Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 1:55 pm Post subject: fin ribs too long |
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My fin ribs (F20, F21, F22) all appear to be too long to fit in the positions called out in the manual. What's wrong? Can I fit them a bit lower? F20 (the bottom one) will need to have its nose cut off to butt against the rear bulkhead - is it OK to do that?
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fireflier
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| Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 2:32 pm Post subject: fin ribs too long |
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Hi
| Quote: | From the europa club website CBM known corrections page gives dimensions as 4, 13 & 22 inches.
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These seemed to be correct when I installed my ribs last month. The front of the bottom rib has to be trimmed to fit against the rear bulkhead.
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Donald
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My fin ribs (F20, F21, F22) all appear to be too long to fit in the positions called out in the manual. What's wrong? Can I fit them a bit lower? F20 (the bottom one) will need to have its nose cut off to butt against the rear bulkhead - is it OK to do that?
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Rowland
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rparigoris
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| Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 2:37 pm Post subject: fin ribs too long |
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Hi Rowland
The fit of my fin ribs was awful no matter what position I put them in.
Resolve for perfect fit:
http://www.europaowners.org/main.php?g2_itemId=35521
Side note, I have XS wings and fitting top panel found ribs were a very poor fit, resolve similar to fin resolve:
http://www.europaowners.org/main.php?g2_itemId=37044
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jglazener
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| Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 12:40 am Post subject: Re: fin ribs too long |
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Hello Rowland,
Same problem here. I just lowered them to a position and angle that they did fit, then marked positions for clecos on the port side by eye. The nose of the lower rib needs trimming but that is covered in the manual. Don't drill the starboard side because once you are working with the Araldite you will never find them again. Bond and cleco stbd in one go.
http://europaowners.org/main.php?g2_itemId=100799
The ribs are there to provide torsional stiffness to the fin and are not load carrying. Moving them around a bit shouldn't make any difference at all. They don't even need to exactly parallel. I would steer away from reinforcements other than the bond itself because that just adds weight.
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| Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2013 3:51 am Post subject: fin ribs too long |
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On 23 Sep 2013, at 23:32, Donald Cameron wrote:
| Quote: | > From the europa club website CBM known corrections page gives dimensions as 4, 13 & 22 inches.
These seemed to be correct when I installed my ribs last month. The front of the bottom rib has to be trimmed to fit against the rear bulkhead.
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Donald - thanks for that - I wasn't aware of that corrections page. The new numbers sound much more reasonable.
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Rowland
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