Tip rib with master nose piece
As you can see, the hole for the tubing is clearly marked on the master nose piece. When taking this picture, I accidentally placed this rib nose piece against another, and guess what...
Ops, they don't match...huh?
Well . . . Joe, Leo, John, and Dick are not likely to make a mistake of this magnitude. It makes sense that the wing tapers at the tip rib. Thinking about it, it makes a lot of sense when realizing that the goal is to taper the wing to the thickness of a pipe that fits the little hole in the front of the rib nose piece. Speaking of that hole, how do it get there?
Dick is marking the position of the hole in the nose piece.
Dick is drilling the hole, and will sand the rest of the hole to make it a slot.
So it seems that quite a bit of work is involved in tapering the wing. Is it worth it? Let's just say that the vortices gremlins are not nice guys, and drag is a gliders worst enemy.
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