I know that this keeps you awake at night, wondering whether or not you will be able to avoid building an airplane while asleep. Let me encourage you to persevere in your efforts. At all costs, strive to be awake when building your airplanes.
Monday night, I built a set of ribs for the rudder of my Bede BD-4C and was very proud, indeed, of my accomplishment. Tuesday morning, before my coffee had sufficiently activated my brain, I double-checked my work by placing one of the ribs on the drawing for the top of the rudder. Here is the photo that I took.
This had me very worried because, as you can see, the bolt near the rear (narrow end) of the rib is not really “in” the rib.
Tonight, being slightly more conscious, I realized that I have the rib too far forward (too far to the left) in the photograph above. It should be positioned about 3/4″ farther back (to the right). When I do that, everything works beautifully, as you can see from this photo.
The rib extends well past the bolt so all will be well. I suppose I will never become a “morning person.”
Looks like pretty nice workmanship, Art. It’s a joy to follow your progress.
Fellow BD-4 builder Holger
Thanks, Holger. Coming from you, that means a lot