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Old 02-07-2005 | 01:34 AM
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Default RE: Slow stick elevator warped.... help!

If it wasn't bowed before you taped it, I'd consider untaping it and trying again. I've pulled tape off the wing before, and it pulls some of the paint off. I used a red acrylic paint to touch up the white spots. The elevator is a tad thinner.

If you're worried about damaging the foam, you can cut the tape and try again. Maybe the best solution.

I don't really recommend heating it up. I did this to my last SS fin to straighten it up after it had bowed and it didn't really work out as well as I had hoped. The tape will likely shrink a bit too, or stretch, if you heat and pull, but at a different rate than the foam...