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Fiberglass droop tips?

 
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 11:22 am    Post subject: Fiberglass droop tips? Reply with quote
Hello Kolb builders,

Thank you all for the great help with my questions! Here is the next one. I was fitting my fiberglass droop tip on to my right wing end. The inside of the fiberglass tip is not the same shape as the steel end rib. When I slide the tip on the end rib, it will not slide back and make contact with the leading edge tube, and there is a ¾ inch gap. It is not possible to spread the tip at all, and the trailing edge does not line up with the trailing edge of the aileron.

I have never worked with fiberglass, and all I can think is to try and grind the inside to try to gain more forward fit….an recommendations for grinding glass? I honestly don’t know if I can remove enough glass to get the fit.

Thanks again,

Nick Cassara
Palmer, Alaska

607AK

 
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 1:41 pm    Post subject: Re: Fiberglass droop tips? Reply with quote
Is the steel end rib the exact same shape as the rest of the ribs? Any possibility of pictures showing the specifics of the problem? That would help a lot.

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 4:03 pm    Post subject: Fiberglass droop tips? Reply with quote
Nick- One trick is to take some lipstick and coat the outer end of the wing. press on the droop tip, remove, and look for the marks inside the fiberglass. The soft wax of the lipstick makes for a good transfer. There are the usual cautions of explaining to the wife just where her lipstick went...
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Hello Kolb builders,

Thank you all for the great help with my questions! Here is the next one. I was fitting my fiberglass droop tip on to my right wing end. The inside of the fiberglass tip is not the same shape as the steel end rib. When I slide the tip on the end rib, it will not slide back and make contact with the leading edge tube, and there is a ¾ inch gap. It is not possible to spread the tip at all, and the trailing edge does not line up with the trailing edge of the aileron.

I have never worked with fiberglass, and all I can think is to try and grind the inside to try to gain more forward fit….an recommendations for grinding glass? I honestly don’t know if I can remove enough glass to get the fit.
 
Thanks again,

Nick Cassara
Palmer, Alaska

607AK
 


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PostPosted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 5:59 pm    Post subject: Fiberglass droop tips? Reply with quote
I have been think of putting the drooped wing tip on my MK111. I had put them on my Challenge 11 clip wing special and it made a big difference in both speed, stall and handling is why I am think of installing them.

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  Nick- One trick is to take some lipstick and coat the outer end of the wing.  press on the droop tip, remove, and look for the marks inside the fiberglass.  The soft wax of the lipstick makes for a good transfer.  There are the usual cautions of explaining to the wife just where her lipstick went...
                                                                       Bill Sullivan

From: Nick Cassara <nickc(at)mtaonline.net>
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Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2014 3:21 PM
Subject: Fiberglass droop tips?


Hello Kolb builders,
 
Thank you all for the great help with my questions! Here is the next one. I was fitting my fiberglass droop tip on to my right wing end. The inside of the fiberglass tip is not the same shape as the steel end rib. When I slide the tip on the end rib, it will not slide back and make contact with the leading edge tube, and there is a ¾ inch gap. It is not possible to spread the tip at all, and the trailing edge does not line up with the trailing edge of the aileron.
 
I have never worked with fiberglass, and all I can think is to try and grind the inside to try to gain more forward fit….an recommendations for grinding glass? I honestly don’t know if I can remove enough glass to get the fit.
 
Thanks again,
 
Nick Cassara
Palmer, Alaska
 
607AK
 
 

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