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X-From_: rbrennan@mtaonline.net Sat Mar 16 19:33:44 2002
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 15:28:52 -0800
To: bob.patterson@canrem.com
From: "Robert J. Brennan" <rbrennan@mtaonline.net>
Subject: Rebel Digest

Bob,
I have a quick question for you. I am building Rebel 429 and making slow
progress on it. I also have the 7ECA Citbaria on skis that keeps me sane
while building. Unfortunatly, I have had to recover the elevators, stabilizers
and rudder and done the normal maintenance to keep her in good shape. My
wife says if I sold the Citabria I would be done with the Rebel by now!
My question is this: I have been on the Rebel Digest for several years
and enjoyed the comments and advice I read. Mike is sending me the update
in Digest form every day. Its great. Last week I had a question about the
orientation of the bottom side wing skins and I went to look in the archives
for advice. I could not access them. So I sent in a question to the brain
trust. I got a e-mail back saying that I was not a member of DCSOL. I sent
a e-mail to Mike asking to reinstate me if I was off the list, and got no
answer back. He is probably on vacation in Illnois by now. How do I get
back on the list? In the meantime, maybe you could answer my question. The
blow up drawing of the wings shows the lower wing skin to have pre-drilled
rivet holes on all sides of the skin. My lower wing skin has holes on three
sides. I can identify the inboard side because the hole patterns are closer
together than at the tip (thanks Wray), but I dont know which is leading edge
and which is the trailing edge. I am ready to drill the two stringers for
the lower wing skin and want to get it right. Can you help? Also, I noticed
two rib bays on the lower wing skin have 11 holes between the bays, and the
rest have 10. Is that where the wing strut is attached? Thanks for any
help you can pass along.

Bob Brennan
Rebel 429
aAnchorage Alaska

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----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Patterson (bob.patterson@canrem.com)
To: murphy-rebel@dcsol.com (murphy-rebel@dcsol.com)
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 10:48 PM
Subject: Rebel Wing skins



Hi Robert !

I've forwarded your email to the list, and will pass back any
answers received. I'll re-submit your membership registration,
but it will likely be to the 'regular' format, instead of 'digest'
- that's what I get - it's easier to reply to one message that way,
without a lot of "cutting & pasting" ....

.....bobp

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X-From_: rbrennan@mtaonline.net (rbrennan@mtaonline.net) Sat Mar 16 19:33:44 2002
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 15:28:52 -0800
To: bob.patterson@canrem.com (bob.patterson@canrem.com)
From: "Robert J. Brennan" <rbrennan@mtaonline.net (rbrennan@mtaonline.net)>
Subject: Rebel Digest

Bob,
I have a quick question for you. I am building Rebel 429 and making slow
progress on it. I also have the 7ECA Citbaria on skis that keeps me sane
while building. Unfortunatly, I have had to recover the elevators, stabilizers
and rudder and done the normal maintenance to keep her in good shape. My
wife says if I sold the Citabria I would be done with the Rebel by now!
My question is this: I have been on the Rebel Digest for several years
and enjoyed the comments and advice I read. Mike is sending me the update
in Digest form every day. Its great. Last week I had a question about the
orientation of the bottom side wing skins and I went to look in the archives
for advice. I could not access them. So I sent in a question to the brain
trust. I got a e-mail back saying that I was not a member of DCSOL. I sent
a e-mail to Mike asking to reinstate me if I was off the list, and got no
answer back. He is probably on vacation in Illnois by now. How do I get
back on the list? In the meantime, maybe you could answer my question. The
blow up drawing of the wings shows the lower wing skin to have pre-drilled
rivet holes on all sides of the skin. My lower wing skin has holes on three
sides. I can identify the inboard side because the hole patterns are closer
together than at the tip (thanks Wray), but I dont know which is leading edge
and which is the trailing edge. I am ready to drill the two stringers for
the lower wing skin and want to get it right. Can you help? Also, I noticed
two rib bays on the lower wing skin have 11 holes between the bays, and the
rest have 10. Is that where the wing strut is attached? Thanks for any
help you can pass along.

Bob Brennan
Rebel 429
aAnchorage Alaska

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Hi Robert !

I've forwarded your email to the list, and will pass back any
answers received. I'll re-submit your membership registration,
but it will likely be to the 'regular' format, instead of 'digest'
- that's what I get - it's easier to reply to one message that way,
without a lot of "cutting & pasting" ....

.....bobp

------------------------------orig.------------------------------------

X-From_: rbrennan@mtaonline.net Sat Mar 16 19:33:44 2002
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 15:28:52 -0800
To: bob.patterson@canrem.com
From: "Robert J. Brennan" <rbrennan@mtaonline.net>
Subject: Rebel Digest

Bob,
I have a quick question for you. I am building Rebel 429 and making

progress on it. I also have the 7ECA Citbaria on skis that keeps me sane
while building. Unfortunatly, I have had to recover the elevators,

and rudder and done the normal maintenance to keep her in good shape. My
wife says if I sold the Citabria I would be done with the Rebel by now!
My question is this: I have been on the Rebel Digest for several years
and enjoyed the comments and advice I read. Mike is sending me the update
in Digest form every day. Its great. Last week I had a question about the
orientation of the bottom side wing skins and I went to look in the

for advice. I could not access them. So I sent in a question to the brain
trust. I got a e-mail back saying that I was not a member of DCSOL. I

a e-mail to Mike asking to reinstate me if I was off the list, and got no
answer back. He is probably on vacation in Illnois by now. How do I get
back on the list? In the meantime, maybe you could answer my question.

blow up drawing of the wings shows the lower wing skin to have

rivet holes on all sides of the skin. My lower wing skin has holes on

sides. I can identify the inboard side because the hole patterns are

together than at the tip (thanks Wray), but I dont know which is leading

and which is the trailing edge. I am ready to drill the two stringers for
the lower wing skin and want to get it right. Can you help? Also, I

two rib bays on the lower wing skin have 11 holes between the bays, and

rest have 10. Is that where the wing strut is attached? Thanks for any
help you can pass along.

Bob Brennan
Rebel 429
aAnchorage Alaska

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Hi everybody,

I've nearly finished dry fitting all the parts of my first wing. I have
not riveted anything yet and have been wondering about the assembly
sequence.

The manual has you rivet the leading edge spar to the LE ribs and later
attach the whole assembly to the main spar. It seems to make more sense
to attach all the ribs to the main spar and then hang the front and rear
spars to this assembly. Is there a reason not to do it this way?

With regard to the tank skins, the consensus seems to be that the wing
skins are sandwiched between the ribs and the tank skin. If this is the
case why not install the wing skins first instead of having to slide
them under the tank skins later?

Thanks in advance for any and all advice.

Allen Poulsen
786R




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