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Old 10-21-2011 | 01:51 PM
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Default RE: Control Line Build?

Yeah I was thinking of mountig the wing kind of mid wing like a Extra 300. Maybe just below middle to compensate for the dihedral. And then bring the leadouts out, out the top part of the tips. I know we usually put them on the bottom for looks, but for flying perfomance I think the top is were they need to be.
The real fly in the ointment is this bird has to be have a removable wing. I got to be able to store the plane and even more important get it in the car, PT Cruiser plus 1 or 2 passengers, Wife and son. I see a removable mid wing as haveing a structurely weaker or and heavier fuse. I could mount it from the bottom with a removable lower section of fuse that could bolt back on after attaching the wing. I think if I bolted it at 4 points to the bottom of the wing (2 near L.E. and 2 near T.E.) and also at 4 points to the rest of the fuse (2 just fowar of wing and 2 just aft of wing), that would make the fuse structurally 1 piece.
The drawing is rather crude but maybe it shows what I am thinking
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