checking the Piper drawing Steve Pierce posted at
http://www.supercub.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=14437&highlight=dollar+patch&sid=1b53ad4d9d96d1f04bddbab43e3f6a08
Piper used a single stitch and patch for the outboard ribs not 24 inches of reinforcing tape and then 24 inches of finishing tape...
Having a bit of a problem with reinforcing tape under dollar patches on my PA22
I have the jpeg images of control surfaces clearly showing 1 1/2 inch patch over the stitches
Also read in 42.13-1B section 2-9 ...Random or wide spacing, such as fuselage stringers... wanting 2-inch lengths for a...