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Old 01-15-2003 | 12:32 AM
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Tall Paul
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<hr>Originally posted by: Iloveflyin
What about epoxy for repairing the wings which got blasted into 4 different panels. Does it ad too much weight or does it eat the foam. Have you ever heard of Foam CA, someone reccommended this to me.


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TM wings have almost no structural integrity. They're only a single bent sheet of foam, after all.
Merely rejoining the broken parts does nothing but add a stress-riser at the joint, which will take the first opportunity to break again at the same place.
If you can find some CF strip, it's worth adding a full-span spar of it to the underside of the wings.. tip-to-tip. .007"x3/8", attached with UFO CA will make the wing unbreakable in normal use.
Another trick is to add rigging per the full-scale.. This keeps the wings from bending up in flight and aids the structural strength.
Stiffening the outer struts with a thin CF rod is also popular.
Expect a short motor life on 7 cells.
But the things ARE fun to fly!