When I assembled my elevator frame today, I found that with the horn in place between the two center ribs, the ribs are not even close to aligning with the spar and splice plate. Anyone else have this problem? I know I can bend the tabs on the ribs, but I don’t want to lengthen them too much and then cause the flanges not to align with the skins. I have checked and double checked and believe I have things assembled correctly.
I never heard from RANS and did not want to wait so I just used my best judgement and reformed the ends of the ribs using a long drill and block of wood to tighten the radius and move the flanges closer together. Someone else posted that RANS suggested to them to just elongate the holes, but I really didn’t like that approach.
I'll see if I can find it, but I don't use facebook.
Request Rans put their recommendation here.
I posted what I did in the Facebook group. Not sure it was the right solution, but I think it will work. RANS clearly has a manufacturing issue here.
m.whiting,
Same issue here - Just clamped my parts together after I saw your post.