Capping the wings

Basically it's done the same way as the tail section. The critical thing here is do NOT sand into that wing root when you're trimming the sheeting. Sand it flush, then STOP. An old trick Sam Turner used to use was to color the foam on the root with magic marker. That way if the color wtarted to disappear, you would know you were going too deep. plus it might look cool if you use the right color [8D]

The wing tube hole is aligned in a jig, and should be exactly perpendicular to the root. If this changes, you'll have kittens when it comes time to align the wing to the fuse. So make sure it stays correct. Got the point yet?

The leading edge is just trimmed flush and sanded with a straight bar sander, and the tips are the same. Flush. On the trailing edge you'll want to remove about 1/4" and sand it square and flush.

Use strips of 4-6 lb balsa for the leading edge, 1/2" thickness. Glue it on with polyurethane glue and masking tape in place.

Glue on a piece of 1/4" balsa to the trailing edge. Allow leading these to dry completely.

Sand the LEs and TEs flush with the root and tip, andt hen mark a center line down the leading edge on the forward surface. Sand to this line in a nice curve...take your time....and your wing will be nice and straight.

The TEs are sanded flush with the surface, and you'll notice this is a little on the thick side. This aids in tracking lines.

lay the wing halves TE to TE, then LE to LE, the tip to tip and root to root and check for anything out of whack. They should be the same. If they aren't, make them match. Take it off the tip or the TE.

Make the tips by either using a piece of 2" 4-6 lb balsa, or by glueing 2 pieces of 1" together. Lay this against the tip and mark the outline. Cut this to about 3/16" larger than the line...just a rough shape. Now keeipng in mind where the ailerons are going to be, hollow out the tip. Don't get TOO crazy here, but just remove a good chunk of material. Then glue on the tips with poly glue and then sand to rough shape when dry.

Now set the wings and tails aside in thier shucks, it's time to start framing the fuse.

-Mike