Normally, wing rib prep is BORING. All the builders complain about it, and I’m guessing that some people actually do quickbuild kits because it’s so boring. Not me. I like boring (no I don’t) and enjoy rib prep (no I don’t). If I had the money for quickubild (I don’t), I still wouldn’t do it (yes, I would).

I decided to take a different tack. Instead of prepping the interior of all the lightening holes. I decided to edge-finish all the ribs and flute & straighten the flanges ONLY. This let me plow through the 14 ribs and get them clecoed to the main and rear spars. I took a total of ZERO pictures until I had the left wing clecoed together.

Of course, the obligatory lightening hole picture…

Whoa. TIME TRAVEL. I think this is a picture of my rear spar jack pad (the 2×4 screwed to the wing stand). But clearly the right wing is also clecoed together.

Here are the right wing ribs.

And a DIFFERENT lightening hole picture.

As you saw in the pictures above, I need to jack up the rear spar to straighten each wing before hanging the skins. Previously, I used a threaded rod system with a couple nuts and washers. No use reinventing the wheel.

I traced the aileron pushrod hole onto some scrap 2×4 and fished out some hardware.

Here’s a good shot of how the jacks work. Supported underneath by the “pads,” there’s a threaded rod with washer and nuts on it. The small 2×4 scrap pushes up on the rear spar. I can make fine adjustment with the nuts.

And after a little introductory straightening, I realized how tired I was after only 2 hours (it was HOT in the garage though).

2.0 hours. No rivets, but it’s pretty fun seeing a couple wings take shape.