Ascender 100 Rib

Saturday we did a test fit of a structural rib on the Ascender 100. The ribs along with a leading edge tube changes the circular cross section of the airship into an elliptical one.

Ascender 100 Cutting Fabric Ascender 100 arm in the parking lot Ascender 100 arm in the parking lot

Paul and Karl on the inside Inflating the rib Fitting the rib Paul

The rib was a little off. We’re now going back over the numbers to see where we went wrong. We’ll have a new test rib made for another test in about a week.

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One Response to “Ascender 100 Rib”

  1. Frank says:
    October 27, 2008 at 6:58 pm

    Do you have even a rough date when Ascender 100 will go up?