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Old 01-16-2006 | 11:59 AM
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ORIGINAL: krossk

You may want to cover or fuel-proof the wing roots. Even though they are not directly exposed, you will certainly get residue that can seep back from the joint and will soak into the wood and under your covering since it isn't firmly ironed down all the way to the edge. Crank a trim iron up to high and go over the edges on the root to shrink and seal them.
Thanks for the tip. I had thought about fuelproofing it & was going to see if any fuel got on the wood when I broke in the engine in. I don't have a trim iron so I cranked the heat up on my regular iron to get the wing edges where they're at now. They're actually fairly flat, but the light makes them look real bad in the picture. I may try taking the sock off my iron & see if it'll get them to shrink down more.

ORIGINAL: bruce88123

Don't forget to slip a piece of fuel tubing on those aileron clevis's, to keep them on. Don't look like the locking type in the picture.
They don't come out very well in the picture but they have black tubes that slip over the clevis's to keep them secure. They came with the clevis's & are basically the same thing as fuel tubing.