Hi, I'm sure everyone has their own method but I rig from my open trailer every
time I fly and this seems to work for me:
Always put the port wing on first. Slide it right home ensuring the front and
rear wing pins enter their respective fuselage sockets and the flap pin locates
in the flap cross tube end bearing. Then insert both main pins through the
seat back far enough to hold the port wing located in the correct position
height
wise (but not too far so that they interfere with the starboard wing when
you put it in!). Keep the wing supported though - see below.
Now slide the starboard wing into place, fully home (remember the flap tube
again!)
and push the main pins fully into position. Fit both rear socket pip pins
and jobs done!
Notes:
I always support the weight of each wing until both wings are in position AND
the
main spar pins are fully inserted. I think that not doing so would ask too
much of the spar rigging cup sockets which are only location guides and not
structural.
I use a well padded plastic saw horse trestle from B&Q under the port
wing; about half way down the wing seems to put it at the right height to
support it whilst I rig the stbd wing. I always rig on my own and have a
rotating
trolley to transport and rotate each wing in turn.
Don't forget any pitot/ static and/ or electrical connections that you may have
in the wing roots.
I find keeping all the pins well greased makes a world of difference for easy
insertion.
(Isn't that always the case....?!)
Putting the main pins in part way to aid the port wing's correct location prior
to fitting the stbd wing also seems to make the whole job much easier. To get
the pins fully home then just might require slight adjustment to the height
of the stbd tip as the port one must already be correct.
If it doesn't seem to go well take several steps back from the aircraft and eye
the whole thing up. Does it look right? Are both wings at the correct height?
Obviously if one or both are not in the right position the pins will never
go in! Also are the wing tips exactly correct fore and aft? Look at the gaps
between the wing root fairings and the fuselage. Do they look exactly right
(small gaps and parallel).
If your plane is nice and tight you may need some effort to ensure both wings
really
are fully home. I sometimes have to "bump" my wingtips inwards with my
hands to ensure this. Again Look at the gaps between the root fairing and the
fuselage.
Make sure the button on the port main pin pip pin pops right out into it's
correct
position otherwise it will not be locked and would creep out. Also that the
two small pip pins are fully home with their balls out!
Finally check again both flaps have definitely located - pins into the tube - it
is possible to miss!
Re. the tail planes - I think if you leave it rigged it would be sensible to
remove
them and re-grease them quite often - every month maybe?? I've heard that
given time the slightest bit of corrosion can make them pigs to remove. Stitch
in time.... This one doesn't apply to me as I rig every time.
Cheers!
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G-TERN
Classic Mono
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