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Sliding the Ribs onto the Spar

This is a good view of a compression rib and a truss rib

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Photo by C. Jeff Dyrek

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This is a better view of the two types of ribs, the Compression rib in the foreground and the truss rib in the background. We have only placed a couple of ribs on this wing so far. Also, you can see that the wing is sitting on the leveling blocks.

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