Embry-Riddle's Half-A-Wing A few miles down the road, Embry-Riddle's Daytona Beach campus is busily preparing about 5,000 students for careers in aviation and space. One of those degree programs, Aviation Maintainence Science, has a track including aircraft fabric covering, which also happens to be one of our favorite subjects. When we heard they were looking for a teaching aid to illustrate covering a wing with fabric, we scrounged up half a wing and went to work. Following are some pictures we took along the way: |
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Roscoe with the finished product |
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Taping the ribs |
Ribs ready for covering |
Cutting the fabric |
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Gluing the edges |
Unshrunk fabric |
Shrinking the fabric |
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Taping the edges |
Bias edge tape |
Rib Stitching |
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Side view of rib stitches |
Top view of rib stitches |
One coat of "pink" |
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Imperfections must be sanded out |
Two coats of "pink" |
Three coats of "pink" |
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Tape over ribs |
Two coats of silver |
Three coats of silver |
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Underwing inspection holes |
Underwing drain |
First finish coat |
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Final finish coat |
Finished display |
Finished display |