Original Posted By: John Duprey
While I'm flying my Piet, I've started on a Prober Pixie. I'm using thebook The Techniques of Aircraft Building published by Acro Sport, Inc.,P.O. Box 462, Hales Corners, WI 53130. This passage caught my eye:"Glue each rib into place and two or three rust proof aircraft nails of=BD by 20 gauge through each rib vertical into the spar will do. Do notdrive nails through the cap strips into the top or bottom of the surfaceof the spars for this will weaken the cap strips at a point of concentrate=d stresses." The underlining is mine. This is the first time I've been aware of thisadvice. I nailed them on my Piet. Just thought you might be interested. Incidentally, this is an excellent book for building wood, tube, fabricairplanes.________________________________________________________________________________