[NSRCA-discussion] Wing adjuster socket material

[Lance Van Nostrand]

OK, I'm debating changing the topic because your fair questions is actually 
on a diferent topic.  My answer is: two reasons, neither of which are 
particularly elegant.

I tried this once and ran into two issues:
1. The sheeting glue bonded the two pieces together and then finding the 
exact parting line to slice them apart was difficult.  The actual part line 
was glue filled so that left my edge ratty and I had to do more filling than 
I wanted (took too long).  By using only the wing TE, the aileron cut line 
can be 1/8" off the TE piece, letting me trim/sand the wing TE perfectly 
with no gouge/fill.  The aileron LE is then trimmed to the proper size and 
capped.
2. The doubling of the balsa between the aileron root end and the wing root 
causes a 1/2" thick balsa section.  Even with lightening holes it is heavier 
than foam (but I admit that if one works hard at this, it can be overcome).

Maybe I just don't know the "trick" to doing this, so if there is an easy 
solution to these problems, let me know and I'll gladly consider it.
--Lance

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "twtaylor" <twtaylor at ftc-i.net>
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Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 7:57 AM
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Wing adjuster socket material


> Lance, in your wing building article in the K Factor I notice you did a 
> spar
> at the aileron cut out. One question, did you or why don't you place the
> leading edge of the aileron and the trailing edge of the wing cut out and 
> go
> ahead and hinge the aileron right and run the spar from tip to root? Seems
> to me this would ensure a correctly hinged aileron. Thanks Tim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org
> [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Lance Van
> Nostrand
> Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 12:46 AM
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> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Wing adjuster socket material
>
> Anthony,
>
> Replacing a wing, eh?  I have been successful in two ways.  The absolute
> easiest is to drill out a short length of dowel to the right size.  A
> lighter version of this is to make a "super dowel" by stacking lite ply 
> and
> drilling.  Having the grain cross makes it harder.  Another approach is to
> find a rod of the same diameter, wrap it with waxed paper and then spiral
> wrap with 2-4 oz fiberglass that is occasionally dripped with CA (making a
> fiberglass tube).  the tube is sliced up to length.
>
> All these ideas I have done and work well.
>
> --Lance
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Anthony Romano" <anthonyr105 at hotmail.com>
> To: <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 9:55 AM
> Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Wing adjuster socket material
>
>
>> Hi all,
>> Where can I find suitable material for sockets for my Gator wing
>> adjusters?
>> Have some adjusters but no sockets.
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Anthony
>>
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