REFLECTOR: Strake construction method?

[Al Gietzen]

Don; 

 

I'm sure it's better to have both on at the same time, but I did one
wing at a time, and I don't think it made any difference.  Be sure that
the fuselage is leveled accurately each time, especially nose to tail.
After installing both my wings, the trailing edge at the outboard end
were the same (maybe +-1/4" or so measurement error), but I still had to
make a small adjustment to wing incidence after flying, likely due to
slightly different leading edge shape of the two wingco wings, and the
fitting of the incidence gauge. 

 

Al

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Don Johnston
Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 6:12 AM
To: reflector at tvbf.org
Subject: REFLECTOR: Strake construction method?

 

I'm building an XL-RG in a 28x24 garage/shop. If I try to put both wings
on, I'll have to build a temporary wall where the garage door is, have
most of one wing sticking outside and be somewhat cramped for space
inside. 

So I thinking about doing it one wing/strake at a time. 

Of the people that have built strakes one at a time, did you run into
any issues with that method? If you had to do it again, would you rather
have both wings on and do both? 

Thanks. 
Don Johnston

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