John,
Do you have a picture of the triangulation piece? I think I understand what you wrote, and a picture would really make it clear.
On my EZB and F1L, I use ambroid to attach the tissue tube to the wing spar. The joint seems strong enough for these models.
-Kang
--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "John Kagan" <john_kagan@...> wrote:
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> > Are the posts then glued directly to the motor stick ?
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> Yes. My LPP posts are glued to the side of the solid motorstick, my F1D posts are glued in holes drilled in the motorstick tube.
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> >How do you get a decent glue joint of the tissue tubes to the wing spars (I assume they have to be ahead and behind the spars to allow incidence adjustments) ?
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> I've found that it is important to put a little "triangulation" piece connecting the bottom of the tissue tube to the spar (so there are three points of contact: tissue tube to wing spar, tissue tube to trangulation piece, triangulation piece to wing spar).
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> Without it, the tube flexes and the glue joint is weak.
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Received on Sat Jun 11 2011 - 09:20:47 CEST
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