Wing twist, slightly off topic

Rcmaster199 at aol.com Rcmaster199 at aol.com
Wed Oct 2 16:06:37 AKDT 2002


In a message dated 10/2/2002 10:18:41 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
getterflash at yahoo.com writes:


> Subj:Wing twist, slightly off topic 
> Date:10/2/2002 10:18:41 AM Eastern Daylight Time
> From:<A HREF="mailto:getterflash at yahoo.com">getterflash at yahoo.com</A>
> Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:discussion at nsrca.org">discussion at nsrca.org</A>
> To:<A HREF="mailto:discussion at nsrca.org">discussion at nsrca.org</A>, <A HREF="mailto:pattern at rcmailinglists.com">pattern at rcmailinglists.com</A>
> Sent from the Internet 
> 
> 
> 
> I recently finished an ARF scale project. During the
> initial flights, I had to put in a lot of left aileron
> trim to sustain level flight. The wing is a two piece
> affair joined with a heavy-walled aluminum tube and
> located with a steel pin. The root ribs of the wings
> are aligned, so there is obviously a twist built into
> one or both wing panels. Does anyone have a method to
> &#34;untwist&#34; a completed wing panel? The
> construction appears to be a standard &#34;D&#34;
> tube, sheeted up to the spar, open bay behind the
> spar. They are covered with some kind to heat shrink
> film.   Thanks.  
> 
> =====
> Bob Kane

Bob,

One more thing: your question is exactly on topic IMHO, for this kind of 
forum. If you can't ask on the discussion board, issues regarding design, 
structure, electronic, powerplant, etc. what is the discussion board for??? 

Matt Kebabjian
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