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Old 10-10-2012, 06:32 AM
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Nikolas K
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Default Gentle Lady Removable Wingtips Option

Hi all!

For the Gentle Lady sailplane, we have the option to go for a wing with removable wingtips. The instructions clearly show how to do it, but each wing panel uses just one brass tube in the forward spar, apparently for weight saving.

Having read the Electra and Sophisticated Lady instructions, I have seen that they also use a brass tube in the rear spar for each wing panel. In that way, the outer wing panels cannot rotate relative to the inner wing panels and the outer wing panel incident does not depend solely in the electric tape that you will use.

The question is, should I follow Electra and sophisticated lady way to make wingtips removable, or just do what the Gentle Lady's instruction say?