ORIGINAL: tommy s
The lightest way to reinforce the wing is with some carbon fiber tape under the wing
skins. My Illusion has nothing added just the wing skins, although the wings are glassed
and painted instead of monokote, so I'm sure the fiberglass added enough reinforcement..
The retracts are mounted on flat plywood plates just epoxied to the wing cores, never had
a problem. My MVVS was rear exhaust so I just cut a channel in the belly and made a
pipe tunnel out of 1/16" balsa with fiberglass cloth over it, real easy.
tommy s
Tommy,
Did you go with 2 or 3 gear set up? I just got my retracts, the B&D from Tower 3 gear set up. I am returning them as the majority of the parts are plastic, and the nose gear mount is too big to be able to fit the header by it. I think I will go with the Robart new economy series, that includes the air kit, and make it a tail dragger. Any thoughts?
Thanks!