Leroy
Most of us put tubes on the wing and glue the posts to the fuse. That's
done primarily for packing convenience.
For ribs I cut a piece of balsa to the exact length of the ribs I need.
I use an aluminum template to cut the shape of the rib on one side of
the blank. Then I use a Tyson or Gardner stripper to cut 2 or 3 ribs by
following the curve made with the template. After 2 or 3 ribs I use the
template to true up the side of the blank and then cut a few more ribs.
I don't use a form for making flying surfaces. I put my plan under my
glass building surface and then use weights and straightedges to keep
everything in line. My weights are a bunch of steel nuts that I think
are 5/8" diameter. Thanks to Don S. for describing this technique
several years ago.
Mike:
I thought I had pioneered the opposite side wing posts. Sounds like Bob
Warmann beat me to it! I use that on almost all my models now. I was
discussing this with Tom Sova a year or two ago and said that it didn't
work real well on rolled tubes. Sova (wisely) pointed out you could just
move the tubes on the wing to accomplish the same goal. (this was yet
another head slapping moment). Even though this idea makes perfect sense
to me I think it's too weird for most indoor flyers.
On 7/22/2012 8:29 PM, LeRoy C Cordes wrote:
>
> I'm trying to build a couple new planes and have a couple of questions:
>
> 1. When you put the tissue tube on the wing of an LPP do you usually also
> use a tube on the motor stick or glue the wing posts on to the motor
> stick?
>
> 2. Is there an easy way to strip ribs accurately, such as for an LPP or
> MiniStick ?
>
> LeRoy Cordes YOLO
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