Are there stiffeners on both sides of the doubled ribs? I thought I read a recent post where someone had only put stiffeners on one side, but couldn't find this post when I ran a search.
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I put them on both sides....Dave Bottita The Desert Bearhawk
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The old Yahoo discussion consensus was they were needed on one side only and were typically put on the root side. The kit wings only have them on one side according to the old discussion. Also, keep in mind the support for the flap torque tube runs between the double up ribs and the adjacent center rib....
I only put them on the root side of my personal build.
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Yep, just checked my plans. I'll be drilling out the rear stiffeners on my root ribs. The Patrol calls for an 0.040" aluminum angle on the inside of the root rib to bolt the torque tube bracket to, I suppose the other option would be to reverse the direction of the angle and butt it up against the stiffener I already have there. Back to back. If there's enough room between there and the lightening hole.Phil Schaefer
Patrol #073
Working on Spars
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