Thanks, Kang. Not what I had envisioned at all
LeRoy Cordes YOLO
Chicago, Illinois
AMA 16974
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On Mon, 13 Jun 2011 20:03:34 -0000 "Yuan Kang Lee" <ykleetx_at_gmail.com>
writes:
> Here a picture showing the triangular bracing of the tissue tube
>
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https://picasaweb.google.com/jeffrey.hood/LakehurstLaborDay09TeamSelectio
nFinals#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_at_...> 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_at_> 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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LeRoy Cordes YOLO
Chicago, Illinois
AMA 16974
In God We Trust
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