Wing hold down - falsifies

[Rcmaster199 at aol.com]

Bob Jones, a New Jersey pattern oldtimer , invented this almost 30 years ago 
now, as a means to quickly snap on or off his one piece wing of the day
. The principle is the same. 

It was clean and simple method of attaching the wing without "screwy 
bolts or gummy rubber bands" as Bob used to say. He eventually had the spring 
loaded devices made from aluminum; very robust and functional and I used the 
concept in many applications. At his first Toledo show, Bob had a package of 
these "lifted" from his table by another prominent pattern flier of the day, 
who eventually went on to become AMA pres. Who would have thunk it. FWIW to ya

Matt K

> Subj:Re: Wing hold down - falsifies 
> Date:1/15/2004 4:18:02 PM Eastern Standard Time
> From:jhughes at hsonline.net
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> To:discussion at nsrca.org, discussion at nsrca.org
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> What somebody needs to design is spring loaded clip thats like a dowel 
> with tapered "wings" that's permanently glued to the wing panel and 
> squeezes and "pops" open when inserted through the fuselage sides. 
> Then  you have to squeeze it to release the wing to go home. That way 
> if there is no gap between the wing and fuse, you know its clipped on. 
> plus there's no extra hardware to keep track of. I'll let any body 
> build and sell these for a slight royalty!

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