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Old 01-27-2004 | 06:22 PM
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Default RE: Lancair Wing Failures

It seems that most tof the incidents involve the joiner. I would suggest strengthening the joiner by either cutting a new one out of Aircraft grade ply or by snadwiching a layer of carbon fiber between the two stock pieces. Our first Lancair was built according to the instructions with no mods. The wing had nothing to do with it's demise after 30-some flights. Our second utilizes the carbon fiber sandwich joiner as mentioned above.