William Slaughter
Well Known Member
Fitted up my second wingtip today, and was initially pleased that the trailing edge was not misaligned vertically by about 1-1/4" like the first one, but then on closer inspection saw that someone got a little carried away with the grinder at the wingtip factory.
As you can see in the pictures, the trailing edge is quite truncated, and about 3/16" short of matching the aileron.
The only fix I've come up with so far is to split the trailing edge and glue in a pre-fabricated fiberglass "board" to extend the line back, then fair in as required. I had to split open the trailing edge of the other one to get it to line up, and sure hate to do it again, but I just don't see how to get anything strong enough otherwise. Tips or suggestions appreciated.
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The only fix I've come up with so far is to split the trailing edge and glue in a pre-fabricated fiberglass "board" to extend the line back, then fair in as required. I had to split open the trailing edge of the other one to get it to line up, and sure hate to do it again, but I just don't see how to get anything strong enough otherwise. Tips or suggestions appreciated.
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