Horseflyer

This works for the leading edge as well as the sheeting, 1/4 sq sticks and rubber bands

SeamusG

Ya gotta love these types of tips! Thx much.

I'm not gonna tell you how long it took me to figure out a similar solution. With longer rubber bands you can certainly use the approach for wider sheeting. Also, if the LE piece is soft just add a sacrificial piece in front of the LE piece.

Just feeding off of j's work, if the LEof the sheeting does not stand proud of the LE, you can slip a piece of scrap down the length of the LEsheeting under the rubber bands - the red in attached pic.

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I use that trick a lot. Works well.

AERORICH73

GREAT LOOKING WINGS, jshponie.

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Rubbernecker

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I tried that and could not get the sheeting to lay down tight againt the ribs. Could have just been a tighter airfoil (curve) or less bendable (if that's a word) sheeting. Too bad I didn't discover till after the glue dried. From there I just pinned the leading edge into the ribs and ran a bead of thick ca down the main spar. That worked fine.

John

kenh3497

OH MY... That will never work.........


Great tip. I'll use it next time I build[sm=thumbs_up.gif]

KitBuilder

Works great... also helps if you shape the top and bottom of the LE to meat the rib curve... allows the band to sit flush on the sheeting. I placed a piece scrap as stated in the past but mine got stuck in a couple places so now I just do a partial shaping needed to get the sheeting on.