spirit arf dowels for rubber bands
03-29-2004, 01:02 AM
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spirit arf dowels for rubber bands
i recently put together a spirit arf. the directions say to glue the wing dowels in place with ca glue. this is not going to cut it/ the wing dowels will tear right out of the soft balsa fuse sides.
i used epoxy to glue my dowels to the fuse formers also. for a newbie to follow the directions to the t and then have his wing rip of during launch or a fast loop would really suck. i don't know if this has already been brought up or not but better safe than sorry. great planes needs to get this right.
i used epoxy to glue my dowels to the fuse formers also. for a newbie to follow the directions to the t and then have his wing rip of during launch or a fast loop would really suck. i don't know if this has already been brought up or not but better safe than sorry. great planes needs to get this right.
03-29-2004, 01:06 AM
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RE: spirit arf dowels for rubber bands
I made some modification a while back. Descriptions and pictures are here.
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showt...5&pagenumber=2
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http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showt...5&pagenumber=2
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03-29-2004, 04:41 PM
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RE: spirit arf dowels for rubber bands
Hi
Just cut a 1/16 aircraft pywood about a inch bigger around the place where the dowl is supposed to go and glue it on with epoxy this will strengthen the balsa enough so it wont split or u can go fancy and use 45 degree carbon fiber associated or not with 90 degree carbonfiber doing that u will reach even better results.
Saludos
Landi
Just cut a 1/16 aircraft pywood about a inch bigger around the place where the dowl is supposed to go and glue it on with epoxy this will strengthen the balsa enough so it wont split or u can go fancy and use 45 degree carbon fiber associated or not with 90 degree carbonfiber doing that u will reach even better results.
Saludos
Landi
