RE: Black Magic VF3 E build thread!
After a few hours, you can remove the tape from the LEs.
Trim and sand the tips flush at this point. Take care to keep the tip face at a right angle to the center line of the wing. Rough sand the roots flush as well. DO NOT final sand these, just get them close.
Make marks at the center of the LE capping where the core meets the capping, and one mark at the center of the TE capping. Using a straight edge, make a mark on the face of the LE capping at the root and the tip.
Use a straight edge to make a line donw the center of the LE using the reference marks. This will give you a reference to sand to.
Now prepare the tips. the wing tips are made from 2" contest balsa blocks, hollowed as much as possible. Roughly trim it to shape.
The Stab tips are made from 1" contest balsa.
On the fin tip, I normally stack 2 pieces of 1" contest balsa, and sandwich a piece of .007" carbon between them. This stands up vertically and gives this piece a lot of stiffness.
Using the same method as the TE with the polyurethane glue, attach the tips and tape firmly in place with masking tape.
Let all of this cure overnight.
-M