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Title: Foam wing -- another dumb question
Post by: Paul Taylor on August 15, 2007, 06:31:39 AM

OK so my foam wing project is going at a blistering snails pace.

I am at the point at installing the bellcrank but I am not sure what wing is the inboard wing. The wings I got were marked Right Top and Left Top. (Crist makes some nice foam wings)
Is that looking from the front of the wing or the back of the wing? Is there a standard that right wing is the inboard wing?

Title: Re: Foam wing -- another dumb question
Post by: Bill Little on August 15, 2007, 06:46:29 AM

Left Top: Inboard.   It is as if you are sitting in the pilot's seat looking forward.

The cores will be cut to length if there is asymmetry so the longest goes inboard.

Title: Re: Foam wing -- another dumb question
Post by: Bill Little on August 15, 2007, 06:48:40 AM

anyway...... the "TOP" will 'always' be on *top*.

Title: Re: Foam wing -- another dumb question
Post by: Crist Rigotti on August 15, 2007, 08:12:44 AM

The inboard wing also has the spar "notched" for the leadouts.  Usually marked "L".

Title: Re: Foam wing -- another dumb question
Post by: Paul Taylor on August 15, 2007, 08:32:06 AM

Quote from: Crist Rigotti on August 15, 2007, 08:12:44 AM

The inboard wing also has the spar "notched" for the leadouts.  Usually marked "L".

The man himself !
Thanks Crist,
I will give it a "looksee" when I get home.
You do good work.

Paul H^^

Title: Re: Foam wing -- another dumb question
Post by: Bill Little on August 15, 2007, 09:42:07 AM

Quote from: rootbeard on August 15, 2007, 08:32:06 AM

The man himself !
Thanks Crist,
I will give it a "looksee" when I get home.
You do good work.

Paul H^^

Ahhhhhh.... now I get it....... you didn't believe me, eh, Paul???

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Title: Re: Foam wing -- another dumb question
Post by: Wynn Robins on August 15, 2007, 02:04:36 PM

hmmm - seems pretty simple - like Bill said - if both tops are showing when you glue them together - you are good to go - unless you glue one root to one tip - then you should probably have a beer and leave it. ;D

Title: Re: Foam wing -- another dumb question
Post by: Paul Taylor on August 15, 2007, 02:31:47 PM

Yup Bill I figured you had it right too. Just wanted to let Crist know I really like the wing.

And yea Wynn I maybe had a brain fart and could not figure out what wing was what, but I do not want to get this wrong. And one beer would surely mess me up. 010!

Like someone told me, it is better to ask dumb questions then try and come back and fix a dumb problem. LL~ :! n~

Title: Re: Foam wing -- another dumb question
Post by: Wynn Robins on August 15, 2007, 05:55:58 PM

come on Paul - how could you get confused??  both the tops to the top  - both leading edges forward???? doesnt matter which is which - the wing will only work one way..... 

Title: Re: Foam wing -- another dumb question
Post by: Bill Gruby on August 15, 2007, 06:02:37 PM

    Yup ---- Top is Top, Bottom is Bottom  Just like Up is Up and Down ain't the way to go.   LL~   Keep askin the dumb questions Paul, someone will answer you.  HB~>

  "Billy G"    BW@

Title: Re: Foam wing -- another dumb question
Post by: Louis Rankin on August 15, 2007, 07:32:32 PM

Now I am confused!!  Paul, give me a call.  My Challenger-40 has a foam wing mounted in a profile fuse.

Title: Re: Foam wing -- another dumb question
Post by: Bill Little on August 16, 2007, 08:23:00 AM

Quote from: rootbeard on August 15, 2007, 02:31:47 PM

Yup Bill I figured you had it right too. Just wanted to let Crist know I really like the wing.

And yea Wynn I maybe had a brain fart and could not figure out what wing was what, but I do not want to get this wrong. And one beer would surely mess me up. 010!

Like someone told me, it is better to ask dumb questions then try and come back and fix a dumb problem. LL~ :! n~

Hi PAul,

You know I was only funnin' ya.  ;D  There ain't no dumb questions, except the ones you don't ask. 

And you already know the rest of these guys! **)