Question on Wing build
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RE: Question on Wing build
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Too add to my question.. I've always up until recently believed this as well. But there are now numerous glue joint-strength tests that show that epoxy is actually weaker than other glues.... I'm trying to understand if I'm missing something here.
Too add to my question.. I've always up until recently believed this as well. But there are now numerous glue joint-strength tests that show that epoxy is actually weaker than other glues.... I'm trying to understand if I'm missing something here.
You can always just bolt it!
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Epoxy is the tried and true method that was always used in older kits back from when I started 30 years ago. However I think many types will work.. I would probably still use slow epoxy..
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RE: Question on Wing build
If you use CA, won't you need to have the wing halves clamped tightly together before applying the CA? I can't see dropping CA on the inner ribs and then trying to join the halves of the wing and get them perfectly aligned before the CA sets up. And if they are clamped together and you drop CA along the outer edges of the joint, how far will it penetrate toward the center of the ribs? I'm not saying that using CA is bad here. I'm just asking how far it will migrate and will that be far enough to get a really good joint.
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JP, the OP said thick and thin both. I would guess the thick would be in the middle and allow a little time for alignment and hit the edges with thin.
This whole thread has been the most civil discussion of glue types in here for a long time. It's nice to see.
I'm like most of you guys using CA very sparingly and other glues for most of my chores. Someone mentioned Sigment, I love the Sig wood glue. In my experience it sands just as good as balsa especially when edge gluing wing skins. Right behind it I'm a Gorilla glue guy and general epoxy last. Unless it's for doing glass or carbon and then it's West finishing resin.
I've seen too many poorly joined wings with epoxy, never seen a GG wing fail yet. I even do Dubro hinges with the stuff.
This whole thread has been the most civil discussion of glue types in here for a long time. It's nice to see.
I'm like most of you guys using CA very sparingly and other glues for most of my chores. Someone mentioned Sigment, I love the Sig wood glue. In my experience it sands just as good as balsa especially when edge gluing wing skins. Right behind it I'm a Gorilla glue guy and general epoxy last. Unless it's for doing glass or carbon and then it's West finishing resin.
I've seen too many poorly joined wings with epoxy, never seen a GG wing fail yet. I even do Dubro hinges with the stuff.