REFLECTOR: Wing TE question

[Alex Balic]

Matt- 

You need to be careful that you do not remove more than you should- the top
and bottom surfaces should fair together properly (form a triangle in cross
section)  if you remove too much, you will need to round the bottom surface
to bring the two lines together- I believe that mine was about ¾” or so

 it
is determined by the geometry of the airfoil not the amount of bond area
that exists


 

Alex

 

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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
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Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 12:03 PM
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Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Wing TE question

 

Sounds like a reasonable amount to remove.  Thanks.
Matt

nmflyer1 at aol.com wrote: 

Matt, 

I built my own wings as well. I trimmed the back to 1/2" of double thickness
(behind the foam). 
I did it with a handheld (open) hacksaw blade holder. Worked fine, but you
have to "snap" off the cutting edge with a pair of pliers about every 6" of
cut or so. That Triax is incredibly abrasive!. Going slow by hand you can
cut each wing in about 20 minutes, and get a nice straight line. 


Kurt 

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From: Matt Bucko  <mailto:mbuc310 at cox.net> <mbuc310 at cox.net>
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list  <mailto:reflector at tvbf.org>
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Sent: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:06 pm
Subject: REFLECTOR: Wing TE question

As I ready the wing for filling, I have a question on the size of the
trailing edge glass to glass joint.  Both my wing and winglet TEs are 7/8
inch from the where the foam ends  to the TE. Is this about right?  Or
should that be less?  It seams to be a large gap to fill. 
Matt


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