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Old 08-21-2012, 10:50 AM
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Next step for me was to get the wings on the plane. My wing tube was 1/8 inch too long. Make sure you don't try and force the wings on with the tube too long or you will damage the wings. I just ran a piece of tape around the tube 1/8 inch down and sanded it to the tape. Nice and square. The wing attatchment method does not work for me. I've got to be able to remove my wings for storage and the two plastic wing screws are way too difficult to install and remove. So I made some new bolts with a spring retainer. Picked up some 4/25mm screws and cut the heads off. Next I used my dremmel tool to grind a nice flat center on the screws, then dremmeled a notch into the end for the spring. I wrapped the threaded end with teflon tape to make them fit nice and tight and installed them in the wings . I did not epoxy these in, as I've done before. I don't think there is any need to. Install the wings and used a spring with the right amount of tension to keep them in place. Works great and I've used this method before.
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