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Old 10-10-2009 | 02:20 PM
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Default RE: Build thread for a Carl Goldberg Eagle II Trainer??

With pins in hand I began assembling the wing. The wing tip has a gusset front and back on the last rib. The instructions did not mention but I recessed the front to better conform to the leading edge dowel. Just wrap a piece of finer grit paper around the dowel and run the balsa gusset back and forth a couple times for a good fit. At the root edge, the balsa placed under the first two ribs keeps them level as they are smaller in width along the entire ribto accept the center sheeting top and bottom. There are two lite ply pieces that fit between the third rib and the trailing edge. not sure what these are for but I have not been able to find them in the kit. The third rib is short by the width of the ply so i just made one. When dry I'll add the top spar. I could do that now but the fits are tight wihch is nice and I don't want to disturb the alignments. In cases like this one could go on to other part.. tail, etc while your waiting. I just realized I forgot to make holes in the ribs to run the servo wire. I'll cut them next and in the next set of ribs before I forget[].

The pics show wingtip stock running a bit long. I like to sand back to the plan line to get everything nice perpendicular at the wing tips when it's ready. The wingtip pic shows the end rib short of the plan line b/c I only used one. It also shows not being lined correclty with a slight bow in the middle which I corrected. I'm still not sure why the pics are posting large so I'm re-sizing them in MS Paint.
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