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Old 04-29-2003 | 06:01 PM
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Default CA for Sheeting

HookedonRC- try this:

Build your wing on the plans as normal, cut cut the sheeting for the top and bottom if possible while the wing is still pinned down.

Remove the wing from the plans and align the sheeting on the inside of the leading edge on the bottom of the wing and make sure it lays where it should all along the width. Use pins or clamps as necessary but get it right BEFORE uncapping the glue bottle. Apply medium CA in each bay, forming a small fillet from the sheeting to the leading edge. When everything is tight, use thin CA and run a line along each rib, while pushing the panel gently on to the bulding surface, keeing pressure on the rib you're gluing. This will keep everything flat and straight.

When the bottom is done, turn the assembly over and align the top sheeting. Use medium CA and glue the sheeting to the leading edge by starting at the root and gluing out to the tip is as large a section as you feel comfortable with. Keep a paper towel handy in case of excess. If there is any glue of the surface, DON"T USE KICKER. It makes a nasty mess that will never sand off. :angry:

When the sheeting is, for lack of a better term, tacked in place, start at the root again and run a line of medium over the first few ribs and roll the wing panel on the building surface to ensure contact between the ribs and sheeting.

Continue until finished.This will give an easy but nice sheeting job. This was for a flat-bottomed or semi-symmetrical wing. a symmetrical wing doesn't care which side you start on, but with a flay bottomed wing, start with the bottom. The curve of the ribs on top will help keep the sheeting away from the ribs and allow you to get the glue on the ribs.