The funny thing is that when I was covering my S-10, I had to poke holes for the rib stitching. On my S-10's right wing, I did almost the same thing in almost the same spot!
| Right wing is almost done. I just have to finish the 2" pinked tape on the ribs but I ran out of tape and will have to order more. | |
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All the patches and access rings are installed on the bottom. |
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Here's the top of the wing. |
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A thin piece of plastic is placed over all the ribs and then the fabric is riveted to the ribs. After the plastic is installed, I used a soldering iron to cut out all the rivet holes. The soldering iron makes a nice hole. |
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Once all the holes are
melted out with the soldering iron, you'll need to take an ex-acto blade
and clean the hole. On this hole, the blade slipped out of the hole and
sliced the fabric. As you can see, most of the cut will be under the 2"
tape that goes over the rib.
The funny thing is that when I was covering my S-10, I had to poke holes for the rib stitching. On my S-10's right wing, I did almost the same thing in almost the same spot! |
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I made this small half-circle patch and glued it on under the 2" pinked tape just to make sure there is enough fabric covering the slice so it will not be a problem in the future. My first battle scar! |
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Finally, I pulled all the rivets with the pneumatic rivet puller. |