Am I the only one anything like this has happened to?
Last night I was working on my TF Corsair> I have only been working on it for 27 hours and have gotten the tail feathers finished and the center of the wing framed up. I was building the right wing last night and it was going so good (so I thought) after i got it unpinned and was checking everything out for twist and such I noticed that i had Glued the Leading edge stock to the back of the ribs and the Trailing edge to the front of the ribs. I was sooo pissed[:@] hopefully I can use some uncure to take them off and fix my screw up. I was just wondering if this or anything like this has happened to anybody else.

I never had something that.

I did however build a fuse upside down once. That way it had left in stead of right thrust. I was quite pissed but it was easily fixed.
I'll never make that mistake again though.



Bart

I have a spare left side of a fuse for a .25 size Miss Los Angeles if you need one.[sm=bananahead.gif] The zinger is it is all spruce.

I built 2 left side wings a couple of times before
building wings upside down stuff

i' building a gp p51 at the moment.
it's not going smoothly.
even after reading and studying the plans, i still goofed a couple of times.
don't know if i'm burnt out or it's the glue...[sm=spinnyeyes.gif]
i lastest mistake
i cutted the retracts gear cover opening backwards on the wing.
all happy that i got that far cuz it took a bit longer than usual.
was getting ready to cover....[:-] a couple more hours of gluing
and sanding.[sm=tired.gif]

Confused.....try building a Canard fuse upside down and figure out which way is up, left etc.......remember the TAIL goes first!!!

Jerry

Don't get me started on wing panels! [sm=spinnyeyes.gif]I have cut way too many foam duplicates to count. I think the foam gods will start to frown on me eventualy.[sm=surprised.gif]

Built 2 left booms on a wing mfg P-38. Came back to fix it 2 days later.
Edwin

Yep
Like said above , sometimes you just have to walk away from it for awhile. Not good for the progress side of things
but in the long run probably for the best. I am a slow builder anyhow so things like that drive me crazy.

Hang in there
Sam

You bet I have.
Just two days ago I was joining two wing halves. The wing joiners only go in one way, so I put arrows on them so I wouldn't get them in up side down. I only had 30 minute epoxy so I was going to epoxy the joiners in one wing half, then mix another batch and join the wing halves. Well sure as hell I got them in the wrong way. I even had them in right and took them out and put them in the wrong way. The wing was on the building board top side down. I drew the arrows to point to the top side. Brain farted and put them in with the arrows pointing up. And I was proud because I thought I caught an error and fixed it.
That was plane 47.

Greg

I was building a trainer, and it was time to join the wing halves. I fitted the parts together without glue, and was amazed how perfectly they fit with just the right amount of dihedral (beautiful laser cut kit). The thing was just rock solid without any glue at all. So, I slopped on the 30 minute epoxy, and assembled the wing and left it over night. I didn't think I needed any support since it fit together so nicely.

The next morning, I found a perfectly straight wing with zero dihedral. I'm assuming the weight of the wing slowly deformed the balsa that was holding the dihedral in place.

Since there was absolutely no way to get the parts apart, I just flew the plane, and except for some odd looks and comments, it worked out just fine.

I still kick myself when I think of it. It would only have taken about 3 seconds to put a block under one wing tip.

Glad to know I'm not the only one to make a mistake like that. I had been at it for a while. I have left it alone for 2 days now and will go and see the damage done, I think i will still be able to fix and use it.

No. I try to make errors building but I fail each time.

Kraus