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Old 02-18-2002 | 05:28 AM
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Mluvara
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Default Composite racing wing

Don,
I'll be happy to keep going with this thread till the plane finishes. My new digital camera I bought this winter is helping me document this and it's easy to get the photos right away.

As for the extra material that goes over the edge of the molds, I have heard varying stories. Some cut it off before joining the halves. Others like me (I'm a novice that this stuff - this is my first wing - I've done lots of stabs, etc, but this is my first attempt at a full blown wing) leave the overlap there. If it's thin, it makes no real difference. The overlap will only make the wing thicker if you don't remove it. Some of the aluminum molds for high production stuff probably are designed with this in mind. I guess a good molder has it down pat where very little hangs over the edge. I'll cut off the overlap after the wing comes out of the mold.

Michael