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How to do wing tubes?

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Old 06-13-2004 | 10:11 AM
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Default How to do wing tubes?

I've been looking at building the Sea Twin but I have a short bed pickup and cannot fit a 87" wing in the bed. I thought about a luggage rack on top of my tonneau cover but would prefer not to. A trailer would solve the problem. What are the requirements for using a wing tube and making it a two piece wing? Are there any articles out there on converting one piece wings to two piece? I also thought about making outer wing tips removeable, but then you have a aileron issue. Any ideas?

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Old 06-14-2004 | 07:39 AM
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Default RE: How to do wing tubes?

Not sure if this helps, but here's a thread I did on a 2 piece wing. The wing I built is abit smaller, but should give you some ideas of a home brew setup.
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showt...ece+wing+kadet

This plane is still going strong with about 200 flights on it.

i also have a 96" old timer with a 2 piece wing using this method.
Used the same method on a 1.5 meter glider, 2 meter glider ( 3 piece wing) and 2 park fliers, but only used one smaller rod instead of 3 5/32" rods.

Outer tips do not have to be an issue re the ailerons. Are the ailerons full span or barn doors? IF barn doors, then just put a servo in each out pannel. If full span, you can join the break using the same method as the wing rods, but use much smaller rods.

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