Need help with wing.
 

I started building a kit about 5 years ago. I got the wing, stabalizer and fin done. Well... The wing was almost done when my father in-law crushed it accidentally. Since then my plane has been on hold sitting in the box. I intended on getting a wing kit but never got around to it with small children and no official workshop to build in.

Anyway... 5 years later and I can't order a wing kit. I've searched and searched and I can't find any old paritially built kits to buy or something like that (cheap). Actually, I did find one guy in Dallas that has a full kit, selling cheap but he has refused to ship it to me. ARGH!

I have the plans but I have never built a plane from scratch (I've only ever built one complete kit). Are there any tips or tricks to try and build the wing from the plans? I've heard of people building foam wings for kits that never called for it. Is this a possibility and if so, how do I do it?

Can someone please help me?

Jim.

PS - The plane is a Carl Goldber Super Chipmunk

RE: Need help with wing.
 

What size kit, wing span, wing chord? Maybe we can help you find one.

RE: Need help with wing.
 

It is the .60 size Super Chipmunk

[link]http://www.carlgoldbergproducts.com/airplanes/gbga0052.html[/link]

RE: Need help with wing.
 

At the site you gave us there are replacements parts available.

RE: Need help with wing.
 

Yes but they are telling me that I have to buy each individual piece. I thought it might be easier to build a wing from the plans or maybe a foam core wing. I don't have the parts list handy for the wing and when I called CG they said that I would need each individual part number (which sounds really expensive).

RE: Need help with wing.
 

The kit is still available:

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXDJB6&P=ML

RE: Need help with wing.
 

When building wings from plans only tracing paper and construction paper is your friend. Trace any ribs you need with tracing paper and then glue them to heavier construction paper to make templates. when you cut ribs make sure you start from the thickest partsof the ribs and cut to the thinner parts of the ribs. You do this in case when you are cutting the ribs that the knife splits the wood along the grain. If the wood splits along the grain then it runs away from the rin instead of splitting the rib. Hack saws work well for cutting plywood pieces but you need to finish them up with sand paper and a file. Buy wood from balsa usa if you need a lot, they have cheap wood but you have to get past the 9 dollar delivery charge. Take your time the hardest part of building the wing is cutting the ribs. use construction paper to make templates to fit any joiners.

RE: Need help with wing.
 

Jim,

You can find many how-to related articles here:

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