by kittyfritters » Tue Jul 22, 2025 2:42 am
Looking at the plan I thought that, using the suggested method, assembling the wing was physically impossible but I attempted it anyway. Is it? Well, not quite. The tapering of the spar to the tip, on the bottom, is possible. The way they show it would make a bump in the bottom covering of the wing but tapering it from the last rib works. It will look good but produces a bit of wash-in the may have to be steamed out. We'll see when I trim it. However, joining the spars in the middle of the wing when the dihedral breaks are 1/2 inch away is not possible with the wing on the board. The spars were joined at the dihedral breaks along with the leading and trailing edges.
Set up for the "bones shot" it fits together well and is quite light. The cowl support that you are supposed to put the rubber motor through is so small that it is most charitably described as comical. That's going to change before the cowl goes on. It will be covered, tonight, using the red and blue tissue from the kit which is in remarkably good condition.
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Looking at the plan I thought that, using the suggested method, assembling the wing was physically impossible but I attempted it anyway. Is it? Well, not quite. The tapering of the spar to the tip, on the bottom, is possible. The way they show it would make a bump in the bottom covering of the wing but tapering it from the last rib works. It will look good but produces a bit of wash-in the may have to be steamed out. We'll see when I trim it. However, joining the spars in the middle of the wing when the dihedral breaks are 1/2 inch away is not possible with the wing on the board. The spars were joined at the dihedral breaks along with the leading and trailing edges.
Set up for the "bones shot" it fits together well and is quite light. The cowl support that you are supposed to put the rubber motor through is so small that it is most charitably described as comical. That's going to change before the cowl goes on. It will be covered, tonight, using the red and blue tissue from the kit which is in remarkably good condition.