Re: F1D wing spars without boron Was: USA Team Manager Report

From: John Kagan <john_kagan_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:46:42 -0000

--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Bill Gowen" <b.gowen@...>
wrote:
>
> Just to keep things in perspective I've seen Kagan fold the wing on
his HLS and the model come down in a clump of balsa and mylar. Then an
hour later it was back in the air pushing the world record. But I
didn't know his miracles included repairing a wing in flight!
>
> I would think that super stiff spars would break if deflected the way
described.

What happened here was that during my steering mishandling, the front
spar separated from the ribs, layed flat, and then bowed up, bending
across the thin dimension. When I gave it a little nudge everything
popped back into shape. Good thing, because it was my second best
flight! The ribs still needed to be glued back later.
Received on Fri Sep 26 2008 - 08:46:48 CEST