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PostPosted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 10:23 pm
by Cbris
Anyone got a Tiger Moth within walking distance?

What's the pitch of the rib-lacing? How wide is the rib tape?

Here's where I am at (OK, the rib tape width is barely discernible, but you can just make it out...

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 8:31 am
by creator2003
i think ive found you the answer
theres a full guide on this guys log
http://homepage.mac.com/gaudel/HTMLSITE ... vember.htm

Taped ribs with Poly-Fiber light weight 2" pinked tape . It is expensive, but looks better than the cheaper medium weight tape I had bought first. And it matches the fabric exactly.

Started rib lacing the stabilizer.
so i take it its 2 inchs or {Taped ribs with 3/8" tape.}
hope this helps ya ,and the site is a intresting build of a tigermoth :thumbup:

PostPosted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 5:36 pm
by Ian Warren
Chris , was Mike of help , they do have a tiger hanging up in Wiggy Museum, I could get a photo if required ? :)

PostPosted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 5:22 am
by Cbris
Ian Warren wrote: Chris , was Mike of help , they do have a tiger hanging up in Wiggy Museum, I could get a photo if required ? :)

Well, it wasn't a Tiger, but the info was good - no, excellent. I also have a few other contacts who dropped lines and tips.

So now I can figure out that the chord is about 4' 3" i.e. 51" so I need 20 stitches.

I'm a bit "heavy" as it turns out. More in the next week or so - the paying job's call is (unfortunately) stronger.

Later...