>We are discussing the idea of covering the wing tips in bid, and the rest of
>the
>wing as detailed in the manual. Besides getting a smooth transition with the
>fiberglass, is there any structural problem with this idea?
>Larry Boggs
>
I must admit I thought they were supposed to be bid anyway. Manual
is in workshop so can't check this moment) There was a tip I read
somewhere (possibly in an early Europa Club mag) about doing them in
one shot rather than 2 and overlapping at the extreme tip which is
what I did and it worked fine. To protect against knocks just
interleave the layers with bits a couple of inches wide where they
will get knocked. I did it with the wings standing on end (my
workshop is high enough!) but I see no reason why it couldnt be
done on the bench too, though it would mean turning the wings over
a few times during the process.
Incidentally I did the wing root
closeouts also with the wings on end and it was really easy. We
also installed a bit of plastic conduit terminating near the L/E
part of the tip so we could cut away and install wingtip lights if
we ever wanted to.
Regards
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