Malc M

Knowing my interest in model gliders, someone has given me a beautifully made and (as yet) unflown glider which has been in their family for a few years. All details have been thought of and someone has made it beautifully although we do not know who! The wings slide onto the fuselage on two joining rods and hooks on the wings slide into slots in the fuselage. How should these be secured? There is no easy access to the inside of the fuselage at the level of these slots. Do I just run a tight piece of rubber from one to the other with a peg to hold it when the wings are removed. Everything else works so nicely on this plane that I feel sure there must be a simple system and do not want to change it in any way.

Many Thanks

Malc M

WillKrash

You can attach a short rubber band from the hooks in each end of the wing. Or, when the model is completed and covered, just use the appropriate color of electrician's tape to tape the wings to the fuselage - just run a strip of tape from the front to the back when the wings join the fuselage.

satinet

you can get special tape for this - electricians tape can work - but you have to use what's appropriate - if your wing is film covered you won't want to use a very strong tape as it will pull the covering off with it.......

i would used elastic bands and tape - the tape won't effect flight performance.........

MTT

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Just use a rubber band, that's what the hooks are for.

slopemeno

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A friend of mine just converted his RnR Millenium to rare-earth magnets to hold the wings on, and it works great. I buy them locally from Tap Plastics, but they are available online from a variety of sources. No tape, no rubber bands, just slide the wing on-THUNK, its on and the plug-and-play electrical connections means no messing around with the plugs either- All sailplanes should be this easy.

mocgp

I use an appropriate sized spring to hold my wings in place; it's more durable and stronger, although strength is not the major consideration in this case. Doesn't have to stretch much, just enough to keep things from sliding outward. Sometimes you can find the right size springs at Lowes or HD, you may have to scour an auto parts store. Invest in a spring hook to aid installation.

SoCal GliderGuider

Make a 'T' handle out of 3/32" music wire that has a small hook at the base of the 'T'. Stick the hook through the slots. Put one wing on and triple fold a large rubber band between the hook in the wing root and the hook on the T handle. Pull the T handle through pulling the wing against the fuse. Turn the T handle 90 degrees to the fuse to keep it in place and slip the other wing on. Use the T handle hook to transfer the loops of the stretched rubber band to the hook on the second wing. The rubber band tension should pull the second wing against the fuse.

BMatthews

Dat woiks for me two! I've had a couple of models that used that exact method. Size and folds are optional to achieve a 2 to 3 lb pull. You want to be able to pull the wing on the one side off the wires far enough to unhook the rubber without needing to squeeze so hard the sheeting implodes....

Those screw eyes look like closed loops from here. If they are then just use pliers to spread them a little to allow the bands to slip on and off. If there's any rough edges then round and polish them to avoid cutting the rubber band.