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Old 01-23-2013, 12:28 PM
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Default RE: Wing tip repair

Hey sparky,

I knocked the wingtip off my RTF trainer when I treed it last spring. Here are some pics of the repair.

Where the wingtip used to be.



I got a balsa block from my LHS. I cut two pieces to length and glued them together.



I placed the glued block next to the intact one on the other wing, always bearing in mind that I wanted a mirror image, not an exact copy. I traced a rough curve and cut it out.



Next step was to hold the block in place on the broken wing to trace the shape onto it. Then I cut that out, leaving a VERY rough wingtip.



Next, I glued the wingtip onto the wing.





Finally, I used a block plane to shape the tip. I went slowly and compared it often with the other wingtip.



The end result: