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Old 02-22-2010 | 03:15 PM
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Started building the G.P Escapade and was wondering if the wing halfs need to be glued together. I recall reading other posts in which some perfered not to glue. Any thoughts?
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Old 02-23-2010 | 09:58 AM
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Your call. Personally I prefer to have a two-piece wing.
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so the wing won't come apart when flying if not glued?
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They can't. There is a strap holding them together and each wing-half is bolted to the fuse
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Default RE: To glue or not to glue

Like many modern ARF's the Escapade has a 2 piece wing. Generally this is done to make transport of the wing easier, but the Escapade is a pretty small plane. It is not necessary to glue the wing halves together, they will not come off in flight. However if you have the room to transport the wing as one piece and if it gives you piece of mind you can glue them together, like MinnFlyer says it's up to you. But it's not necessary.

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