Originally Posted by
308jockey
Yeah I did. I went back and glassed the inner section of each wing, all of the inboard section that was sheeted, the re-covered. A friend came to town and we finally got the motor running though not quite tuned. Plane flew very well though not very long thanks to the engine. First landing was just fine but I landed a little short on the second landing and broke both landing gear struts. I have a fix in mind but may just suck it up and buy new CF gear from Central or someone. I like the airplane so far, very smooth and no obvious bad habits. Wings are holding
Good to hear that you got it in the air and like the way it flies. Too bad about your gear. I'm going to likely go with either the Gator R/C gear or the Graph Tech Bolly gear. I have a pair of Integral gear legs, but don't really like the curved look of them for this airframe.
Originally Posted by
Ray Wasson
I filled the first 2 bays in front of the tube socket with expanding foam and added vertical shear web to the rest. What do you guys think?.
Ray
I'm not sure that will be enough. Well, depends on which kit version you have. From what I can tell, there may be three versions of wing structure. The earliest had a box structure around the wing socket tube, plus incorrectly installed shear webs. There was talk of the factory improving the wings with correctly installed shear webs and other changes, and then there are the latest versions available now. The latest ones don't have a box structure at all around the wing tube, plus shear webbing with the grain the wrong direction. Definitely a disaster waiting to happen. If your wings are this version, I don't think the foam will be enough.