I tried this question in the Warbirds forum with no luck so I thought I would try it here.

I bought a GP Texan ARF kit with some slight easily fixable damage to a wing spar at a good price. It also did not have the wingtips in the kit. GP doesn't sell the tips by themselves. Any idea where to get the dimensions so I can make new ones from balsa or a way to get a new pair of the plastic orginals? I can just eyeball it but I'd prefer to try to get closer. I don't know anyone that has one. Thanks for any help.

GP really hoses you if you break the wing. $110 for a new wing and decals. They do not include the wing tips or the wheel wells. May as well buy a whole new kit. Lame huh.

My brother has one and he might have the time to measure the tips for you. You're going to love how it flies. His has a Saito .72 on it. As long as you don't try to take off in high cross winds (like I did and messed up his wing) you'll be fine. It's a little squirly on the ground in windy conditions, until you get used to it. In the air it flies GREAT. It will not knife edge without a ton of elevator, but it does everything else well and will recover from any manuver quickly. You can really slow this plane down as well.

We'll try to help you out regarding the wing tips.

Thanks for the offer to help. I guess all I need is the profile of the wingtip. A tracing or digital pic from above would be great.

You might look on the GP website and see if there is a tech manual with a 3 view or something that would serve your purpose...just a thought. Hope it helps.

Jim

Hi

Had same problem. Try Tower's scratch and dent. Bought whole wing missing center piece $49.99.

Thanks for the thoughts and suggestions everyone.

The only picture I can find is in the manual and the tips are very small in it. I didn't know Tower had a Scratch and Dent! They do have a wing for sale but it is missing both the center section AND THE TIPS. Making balsa tips is the way to go since they would actually be more durable and a lot cheaper. I am going to just trace the wing end shape and start from there eyeballing the picture of the outer shape if I can't get any more info.

I can get you a close up picture and measurement if you dont have it already.

If you have a digital pic please post here or PM me with it along with the measurements. If it isn't digital PM me and I'll give you my postal address and cover the cost. Thanks! The people on RCU are great!

One of the right and left. both are the same size of course. The piece measures a total of 1 1/2" inches at the thickest point, but the wing goes into the wingtip aprox. 1/4". Which means you would need only 1 1/4" on the end. Hope this helps.

I didn't realize with the plastic tips that they wrapped around the wing a bit. I guess this makes sense since they are hollow. Your pics and info are great. Thank you!!!

I've been flying this plane about a year now. Its very touchy taxing on takeoff and landing. My CG was just slightly nose heavey when first built and it wanted to drop hard when landing, I ripped out one of the retracts before I corrected the CG. I also had to raise the fuel tank to get engine to run right. I put an OS 46 FX in mine (needs just a little more power) I plan to upgrade to a four stroke 70 soon. The plane looks great in the air. Have fun......

Thanks for the info on the Texan. I have an OS 46FX that a could put in it but I haven't decided on an engine yet. I think it should have that four stroke sound. :-) I am going to fly it first without retracts then put them in. This will be my first "warbird."

I took your pics and used Photoshop to make a right and left template last night. They turned out great. Thanks again.

Jmp,

It's a heavy plane for a little .40 size warbird. A good four stroke would pull it around well, especially in slow flight with more torque than the OS .46. Even with a Saito .72 it really doesn't go that fast. You'll love how it looks in the air. It's a great flyer and it looks really good for a small ARF. The slow flight characteristics are phenominal in my opinion. You'd really have to screw up to get it to snap on you.

-Blue