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Old 06-08-2003, 09:47 AM
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Default Aerobird, unresponsive

AEAJR
the balsa fix seemed to work fine, it was shaped to the wing, the main problem was the increased weight of the balsa, I couldn’t get the AB to do loops at all and it was very sluggish, I only had the 6 cell pack at the time, maybe with the 7 cells I now use it may be better.

The tape I use is very good and seems to do the job, it is a sort of fibreglass tape and will not stretch at all, it stops the wing from flexing too much, but after flying in quite strong winds far more than is recommended for the AB for a few weeks and pulling some fast loops I notice the plastic covering is starting to come away from the foam on top of the wing again, although I has been given heaps of punishment and even been stood on at one time

How about running a wire from midway along the wing to the bottom of the fuse on both sides like a wire strut Aeajr? I thought about that next but not tried it yet. If you saw the wind that this thing flies in you wouldn’t believe it I even have lead in the front

Taz