Identifier: Howaeroplanebui00Blak (find matches)
Title: How an aeroplane is built
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Blakeney, Stepney
Subjects: Airplanes
Publisher: London, "Aeroplane" & general publishing co., ltd
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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BLING THE AILERON. The first thing to do now will be to as-semble the aileron. To do this it will bebest, if many are to be made, to make acouple of jig tables, left and right-hand,similar to those used for the fuselage erec-tion. This table will be made, and crampedtogether, out of 6 in. by 1 in. flooring,covered with about \ in. three-ply sheets. The spar can be laid on this jig table,and the necessary stops glued and screwedaround it to keep it in position, taking careto miss the position of the ribs. The ribscan now be put on to the spar and squaredup carefully, this being of considerableimportance, after which they can be gluedand screwed into their final position. The ribs are held in their place squareto the spar, and prevented from moving,by additional stops at the trailing end ofthe ribs, and also at their end next to thespar, thus ensuring their being square withthe spar. The trailing edge can now be threadedthrough the ends of the ribs, and the noS HOW AN AEROPLANE IS BUILT
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HOW AN AEROPLANE IS BUILTcurved end of the ash bend attached andjointed to the spar. This should be donefirst, in case the joining affects the radiusof the curve. This procedure allows ofany necessary adjustment being made The next thing to do now is to completethe fixing of the ribs, this being done bythe usual method of glueing and screwing.After this, the flanges can have their sur-plus ends cut off and rounded. The lastpart to be fixed is the spruce stay from thespar to the end rib, at the opposite end ofthe ash bend. (See Fig. 17.) The aileron can now be inspected, andif passed by the Works Inspector, can beinspected by the A.I.D. and passed—withluck. FINISHING. The skeleton aileron is now ready forpainting and varnishing, after which thehinge fitting can be attached, when thevarnish is dry. It can then be inspected,and is ready for going to the covering shopto have the fabric put on and stitched up,exactly as in the wings. The doping and varnishing only remainsto be done. The

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