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Old 05-15-2005 | 12:24 PM
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OhD
 
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Default RE: Impact

After walking away for three weeks, I started measuring again with a GP laser incidence meter. They claim .25 degree accuracy but you can read less than .1 degree. However, measurements are not real consistent. The solution is to make many and find the mean. After what seemed like a thousand measurements I finally concluded that both wings were twisted as if they were made in the same fixture. This results in the right wing being washed out (wants to roll right) and the left wing is washed in (wants to roll right). So Eric's solution that rotated both wings, left trailing edge up and right trailing edge down is the right solution. Now the million dollar question is where do you set the .25 degrees positive incidence?
I finally picked a spot and glued in the "donuts" for the four anti rotation/wing retaining bolts. I can always redo them after flight tests if required.
Jim O