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Airframes => Single Seaters => LE => Topic started by: Vince Carucci on May 03, 2020, 03:59:29 AM

Title: Wing Root Cover
Post by: Vince Carucci on May 03, 2020, 03:59:29 AM

The drawings show 1/4 inch plywood blocks glued into the wing roots as screw attachment points for the aluminum cover. I see only 6 blocks and 7 possible holes depicted in the drawing . 

Can anyone tell me how many blocks they used top and bottom? 
Does the 1/4 plywood have enough meat to hold the fasteners? 
What kind of fasteners did you use?

Thanks all.

Title: Re: Wing Root Cover
Post by: kalazzerx on May 04, 2020, 07:22:35 AM

I was looking at a Kolb Ultralight that has a similar wing gap (was actually looking at how the wing folder but...) and I saw they use velcro and material (vinyl)  to bridge the gap and I am personally going that route instead of using screws and sheet metal.  I want something much simpler to disassemble and reassemble.