Ed,

I had a few thoughts on how to fix the gap issue, one of them is to sand down the center joiner to get the wing to sit tighter onto the fuse. I sent a few pics of the gap to John at VF and he was thinking the same thing, sand down the center joiner. He also thought the wings may just have a slight sag since they are not glued on yet. I think this could be true also. If I put the joiners into the fuse without the wings on the center joiner sits perfectly into the fuse, both sides right at the sides of the fuse. When I took the pic I had the plane sitting on one wing, so the fuse may have slipped slightly to show the center joiner sticking out.

I have since went back and looked at the pics of others planes to see if there is the same type of gap. Looking at the pics in posts 58 on page 2, post 638 on page 22 and posts 850 and 851 on page 29 I see the same type of gap. The wing is touching the fuse at the LE and the TE.

I took a straight edge and both wing roots are true. Putting the edge onto the fuse you can see the sides are bowed in slightly. John at VF said the fuse does have a slight bow. I am thinking of adding an extra former to push the sides back out for that 2/32 gap.

However, if these other guys are flying their planes with the same gap and are not having a problem is it worth going thru all the hassle to fix? I know, I know... you can argue both ways all day long.

I think at this point I am going to sand down the center joiner that 2/32 on each side and glue the joiner into the wing. After I glue it in if there is still a gap I'll decide at that point if I want to put in the extra former or not. I think the question is on if the sanding of the former will work is; is the end of the joiner bottoming out in the wing or not? Should I sand down the same amount on the end of the joiner as on the center joiner to ensure it is going all the way in?

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