Brief Description: FITTING SKIN TO SKELETON / IMPORTANT!
IMPORTANT! Flute ribs to fit into skin. LOOK!
Fitting the Skeleton into the VS1001 Skin will give you problems. Do the following.
Flute the ribs to fit into the skin if they don't fit. Look at picture #1 See the VS 1005 rib too big? the middle rib is the same. The top cap is fine.
The instructions don't call for fluting the ribs however Van's recommends doing this if you call them. They really don't fit without a little tweaking and this works the best.
Apply a crimp at 11 and 1 o'clock then flip it over and apply a crimp at 12 o'clock. Click on the bottom picture here you will see two crimps and one in the middle from the other side. It will then fit great. Some say radius the ribs before you try to put them into the skin. Just Flute them, If you’re still not sure what I'm talking about drop me an email at flymachone@earthlink.net Dave
The pictures show the VS1001 vertical stabilizer skin and the vs1005 rib.
Rib too big won't fit without fluting
Different view of VS1005 rib too big for VS1001 Skin.
