I have a Firebird XL which is my first plane and i am just learning the ropes, i hope to get a .40 sized trainier sooner or later but that is besides the point, so what i wanted to know is, on my Firebird XL when i attach the wing and have a slightly iffy landin the wing gets pushed back into the prop and takes a large chunk. i was wondering if i used Epoxy on the immediate area around the impact zone would that stop the prop ripping it up? if so would 5 min Epoxy do it or would i need 30min or so? Or you probably have a much better idea than me to stop it so lemme hear it! (p.s. dont talk to techincle to me coz i wont understand it :P) thanks

Epoxy will not do what you want to do. It will make the plane heavy, and not fly well. All you can do is order an extra wing so you have one.

If you break it, I would use something like elmers white glue to fix it. The more glue you put on it, the worse it will fly. Don't add more than you have to. Definately don't put epoxy on it.

so there is absolutly nothing i can do to stop the prop hitting?

I am in the same boat as Mr Amo here.
I put a bit of duck tape along the back edge of my Firebird XL. This has toughened it up a lot , the prop doesn't do any damage to in now even after filthy landings. I have noticed that the plane is a bit slower and less responsive, but oh well, at least my wing is not getting sliced and diced. What would you have thought that a length of duck tape along the back edge would do?

PS: maybe the weight effect was not so great as the tape covers up some nasty holes where weight has been lost.

Put a peace of soda can folded over trailing edge of wing not much weight and will add stringht to edge of wing!

Ignore it.

A week ago, I was at the field with the LHS guy. We were all playing with his fighterbird. One guy was throwing rocks (he couldn't fly it) everyone was laughing.

When I landed the plane, I noticed that there was a huge chunk taken out of the wing. The owner told me not to worry, it had been there for months.

Thats all we need !!!!!! Thank You!

We have been playing with Fighter birds a while and what I can say is put 2 or 3 layers of clear packing tape on the rear edge of the wing. We do that even before we fly a new wing.
Also we go to an auto parts store and get these plastic pull ties for attaching transmission coolers and we use them to hold the fuselage together where those little plastic clips hold the styrofoam in the front. It keeps the nose together much better. Just push it right through the styrofoam insert and push the retainer clip on. My plane has taken quite a beating.

although 3 layers of clear tape would do it, gaffa tape has a net of string in it which keeps it very strong indeed. If i can i will get a pic of my wing and post it.

I use clear packing tape on my Figherbird. If you make the wing so strong that the prop won't hurt it you will be replacing props instead. If you stiffen the wing mount so that it won't pivot in a crash, you will be replacing wings (they fold up pretty readily). I putz around with mine on my lunch hours and at home, and currently have three spare wings. I figure them to be mostly expendable. These little tykes just aren't responsive enough to avoid bumps and bruises.

how do i add a picture to my post?

Instead of filling in the box at the bottom of the page, click where it says "Post Reply" and it will give you the option of adding a pic. The picture must be no larger than 700 x 700 pixels, with a file size less than 80k.

here is a picture of my poor old wing

Character.

Don't say "I have repaired my wing." Instead say "I have added character to my wing."

"Entropic flight-sequence degradation" sounds so much better than "crash damage."

lool that is funyn