Wing tube socket stop repair ideas

[Ed Schummer]

Bob -

For the last two planes or so I started putting a hose clamp around the fiberglass tube sleeve inside the fuse and tighten it just enough so the wing tube can't easily move due to vibration.  In one of my planes this is now in place for the second year, and I have no visible wear to the end stops inside the wing panels.

Worked for me...

Ed
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bob Kane 
  To: nsrca 
  Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 10:00 AM
  Subject: Wing tube socket stop repair ideas


  I have a minor problem with a wing tube socket. The stop at the inside end of the tube is a 1/4" piece of wing tube material with a slot cut in it so it fits inside the tube and glued in place. After two seasons of flying, for whatever reason, the wing tube can now push itself past this stop and wedge in the tube socket. It is a minor annoyance, but I was pondering possible fixes. One was to cut teeth into an old wing tube and grind a bit of the existing stop out, then pushing an 1/8 plywood disk to the bottom of the tube and securing with a few drops of foam safe CA.

  Anyone run into this problem before and have alternative methods of repair?  Thanks.


  Bob Kane
  getterflash at yahoo.com


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