I am recently new to the hobby, bought a few arfs with my high school before i graduated and then i moved on to convertign guillow'w kits to r/c. Now here at AUburn University i have set a very ambitious project for myself, one which includes me build many many wings over the comming months. I have heard about the wonderful benifits of using a wing jig, but i have only seen one on the market, from great planes, but it does not appear it is all that great of a jig and not able to handel long wings, which i will be building wings that have sections in the range of 2-4 ft long, possilby longer.

I had a friend mention a jig he had been told about, the Adjusto Wing and Fuse Jig, but i have not been able to find one of these. I have found several references to this on google, but none for sale. Because of this, i have come to the assumption that the company has gone under several years ago.

So, does anyone know of somewhere i might be able to obtain one of these? or does someone have one hidden somewhere they might be willign to sell me?

I appologize if i posted this in the wrogn area of the forum, btu i wanst sure of the best area to do it.

my email if someone would care to contact me.
[email protected], [email protected]

thanks

Sneasle,
Welcome to RCU. I'ts good to hear from folks at my old Alma Mater! War Eagle!

Building a lot of wings on an Ajusto-Jig would be quite an undertaking. It is a good tool however it has it's limitations since each rib must be drilled to be attached to the jig. If all ribs are the same (no taper) then they could be gang drilled which would save some time. The advantage to this jig is a wing can be build in essentially one piece with dihedral built in.

There are many other options that would lead to building multiples. Setting up a purpose built jig with holders specific to the wing would have it's advantages. If all the wings you plan to build are different in nature then something changeable may be in order. The Adjusto-Jig would do this however it does take a bit of time to set up. Setting up a jig with magnetic holders would be a good option. There is an offering from Tower however building your own will save you $$ and you will be able to set up for your needed preferences. Let me know a little more of the design(s) and I'll try to provide additional information.

Check out http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/forumid_174/tt.htm which is the scratch building / aircraft design / 3d cad forum. It will have a wealth of information helpful to your mission.

Best regards,
EXCAP232

I have an Adjusto Jig. No, it's NOT for sale.

It's a great tool for building wing panels. It will handle up to a 36" wing panel. Or, you can lock the center straight and build a single panel 72" long. Then take it off and build another one. You could theoretically build a wing 144" long.

If your just building a small wing--like 72" or smaller, then you just build both panels at once and then unlock the center section and drop it down however much you need for the dihedral brace. You can actually glue the dihedral brace in while the wing is on the jig. Perfectly straight wing with just the right amount of dihedral.

It does take time to set it up and drill all the ribs, but once you get all the ribs set and set all the spacing, you can literally glue a wing together in about 20 minutes. You can turn it upside down or on it's end. Whatever you need. Getting the ribs drilled and set the right distance apart is the most tedious part. Once the ribs are srt--just slpa the sticks on and start droping CA everywhere. It's easy and builds a perfect wing every time.

The wing in my pics is one panel from a 4*120. These panels are 41.5" long.

I am converting to building with magnets. Paul Johnson, AKA caffeenman, has a great website covering a wide range of topics on building RC planes. Here is a link to his Building with Magnets page.

http://www.airfieldmodels.com/inform...oard/index.htm

Scott

I built the same magnetic building system from Airfield Models and it's the best thing I have ever done as far as building. I love it. I'll never push another pin. If anybody is thinks that they are going to build more than a couple of planes then this system is well worth the money and time to set up.

You can see a lot of "in action" pictures of my magnetic system on my LT-40 PIF build thread. You can find that here:
[link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_3439708/tm.htm]Pay It Forward Build Thread!! Sig LT-40 build[/link]

Ken

ya, the speed and acurracy is my main reason for looking into the adjusto. Those magnetic solutions sound good as well. Drilling and lining up holes for the jig wont be that big of a problem for me. i have a decent workshop at home in the garage with a large enough drill press to go through all the ribs at once.

thanks for the advice and links guys, ill check it out. im still looking for an adjusto tho [8D]

War Eagle!!1

quite a surprise to find a reply to that post in my tigermail account . thanks for the input. I know that buildign a lot of wings on any setup willl be very time consuming, but it won't be to horribly bad. I usually bid my wings on a flat board on a coffee table while i am sitting and watchign tv, its amazing how quickly one goes together like that.
chances are that each wing will be different, maybe 2 of one type, but certainly no more then three or one type. this is for a project that i am trying to start (posted in the aerodynamics thread) and i think the design of the adjusto would be very well suited to how we will be workgin on these wings. the reason i like the adusto is because it allows the wing to be moved alot while still on the jig and allows for dihedral and tapers and all that good stuff. the way it holds the wign is also good because we will have a lot of people workign on this project and that allows the wing consrtuction to be very visible and easily seen by a large amount of people.

i didnt know tower offered a jig. i know that Great planes does, but theirs just looks like crap. i would make one for myself, but im not really sure how well it would turn out and i have no idea how i would work around dihedrals and such. i have seen a magnetic buildign board online that looks really good, but it is really expensive so i think i will stick with my T-pins and ceiling tile build method for the moment.

i have flipped through the scratch build forum a bit, and found the links to free plans, which were very nice. i do have a question regarding those file types tho as i cant seem to find a program to open them. i have a 3d cad peice of software, but it did not recognize the files. would photoshop or some adobe product open them? any ideas?


thanks so much for the email. i guess its true what they say at orientation, its one big family full of "war eagle"s.