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Old 11-11-2007 | 04:28 PM
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Default RE: gp lancair wings snapping

Rube, you could be very right. I received this model built, was sold very cheap
by the owner of the LHS that I worked for, ($100.00 for plane, flight electronics, and brand new
.61 FX w/ in-cowl muffler).

When I received it, the wing had already cleanly broke the bond
between the wing halves.If you stressed the two halves over your knee,
you could see the seam separating ever so slightly. This is when I decided to
glass the center section immediately before I ever fly it.

The wing was also joined with a polyurethane adhesive instead of epoxy. Either
it did not seem like a good glue or it wasn't applied right. Not to mention,
it had a not-so-clear incident history, but did have scuffs on the tips
from a grass field!

Anyway after seeing this guy throw his all over the place yesterday, I am
ever so compelled to just buy another one and of course, assemble it
myself. He has an OS FS.91 in this one and it flew relatively
tight loops and patterns quite well. It also had a locally built "fults" type
nosewheel which improved his ground tracking immensely.

I miss it dearly![&o][]




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