Yeah, like that :)
I don't use them on the stab connections - just the wing, where there is more stress trying to twist the tissue tube off the spar.
I doubt the brace would be required on an EZB (my EZB still has the posts on the wing).
--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Yuan Kang Lee" <ykleetx@...> wrote:
>
> Here a picture showing the triangular bracing of the tissue tube
>
> https://picasaweb.google.com/jeffrey.hood/LakehurstLaborDay09TeamSelectionFinals#5384301752092626370
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> Thanks to Leo who pointed this out to me.
>
> -Kang
>
> --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Yuan Kang Lee" <ykleetx@> wrote:
> >
> > 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:
> > >
> > > > Are the posts then glued directly to the motor stick ?
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > >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) ?
> > >
> > > 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).
> > >
> > > Without it, the tube flexes and the glue joint is weak.
> > >
> >
>
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