How an aeroplane is built . ted down to a firm work is not to be obtained frommachinery attached to wooden floors ingalleries, as is found in some works. FINISHING THE completed the holes, the lastwork to be done is to taper the end of thespar down to the point where it meets theleading edge, and this will be done by thewood-finishers department, before goingto the erecting shop. This being done, itcan now be inspected and passed by WING SECTION ON construction of the wings may nowbe considered, as the manufacture of ribshas been previousl
How an aeroplane is built . ted down to a firm work is not to be obtained frommachinery attached to wooden floors ingalleries, as is found in some works. FINISHING THE completed the holes, the lastwork to be done is to taper the end of thespar down to the point where it meets theleading edge, and this will be done by thewood-finishers department, before goingto the erecting shop. This being done, itcan now be inspected and passed by WING SECTION ON construction of the wings may nowbe considered, as the manufacture of ribshas been previously dealt with, and alsothe leading and trailing edges. For thiswork some light trestles, three in number,will have to be made, about 3 ft. high and 94 HOW AN AEROPLANE IS BUILT 3 ft. 6 in. wide, of 1 in. boards, on edge,screwed to the floor with light iron kneesand braced together with a light longi-tudinal, bracing about 3^ in. by 1 in. In-clined bracing will connect the longitudinalbracing to the vertical leg of the middle. SKETCH SHOWING WING CONSTRUCTION . Fig. 16. trestle. The trestles being completed theerection of the wings can be commenced. Take the spars and lay them in theircorrect positions on the trestles and markoff the positions of the various ribs, of 95 HOW AN AEROPLANE IS BUILTwhich there will be about four differenttypes. Commencing from the root of thewing and working outwards to the tips, weshall have the following : first, an extrastrong rib with a solid web, then a numberof ribs of a light design, with three-ply orlightened spruce webs, and then anotherrib with a solid web, where the joint occursbetween the rib and the aileron. After this, we have a number of ribs withthe trailing end cut off where the rib flangereaches the rear side of the rear aileron makes up this portion, and isattached to the rear wing spar by aboutfour hinges, which are attached to the wingspar and the aileron spar by bolts. As each type of rib has a drawingnumber and part nu
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