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Old 06-06-2017, 09:06 AM
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WI53072
 
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Wow, that is horrific! Looks like the wing just tore out of the center section. Was a high g maneuver but not that high to cause that sort of failure. This causes me even more concern with this plane!

Last night after about 1/2 out of fiddling around I was able to mount the center wing section on the fuse. What caused the difficulty was the blind nuts we're installed at the wrong angle. Was able to jigger them into alignment but now worry they are loose. Have any of you experienced this?

I am still working on getting the large wing tubes cleaned up enough to go into the receiver tube without binding. I'm tempted to replace them with new 1.25 " tubes. It appears they are 32mm or 1.26" nominal in diameter. The fiberglass reciever tubes seem to be ok. IMHO It's the not concentric tubes that presents the problem.

thoughts?

Paul

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