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Post by buck8021 on Nov 28, 2007 23:02:31 GMT 1
First time posting. I used SPAR's idea on the wing struts with cotton cord, fishing leaders and airplane glue... haven't flown it yet, but feel very confident with this easy modification.
Thanks Spar!!
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Post by spar on Nov 29, 2007 2:59:48 GMT 1
Welcome to the Super Cub Club. Let us know how your flights go! |
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cloud9
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Post by cloud9 on Dec 3, 2007 6:52:48 GMT 1
My method is to unscrew the struts. Get a piece of wire solder or soft wire, 3 or 4 inches long. Stick it through the two holes in the 2 struts, then pull the two ends of the wire together and twist closed (like a twist tie on a loaf of bread). You can pull the structs as tight as you want, removing dihedral for example, or leave them loose.
Jim
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Post by spar on Feb 20, 2008 13:06:25 GMT 1
I have stopped closing the clips that I use as wing struts. The clips are shown in the closed position in the photo below. At first I was just lazy about closing the clips, but since then I've had two forceful crashes that caused the open clips to stretch and release. I believe this may have allowed me to reset everything and fly again without breaking something.  |
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Post by eghershey on Jun 3, 2010 0:57:24 GMT 1
Gee whizz.. This is an old thread but I'll try to add to it.
I use piano wire for wing struts. Just take a long piano wire, very light ga. and bend it in half arond a pencil or rod, cross the wire so that makes a hole for the screw to go into and eyeball the length and bend the ends in a nearly 180 degree bend to go into the wing strut plastic mounts/holders. Clip off the excess. They never break and are very easy to secure when you put the wing on the plane.
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