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Offline Paul Taylor

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Wheels keep popping the spar on the lower wing! On landings....
« on: December 10, 2011, 01:02:20 PM »
I have patched the spar on the bottom wing on my Bi-Slob more then once. On one side it even broke a rib. I am trying to figure out how to keep this from happening.

Any ideas?
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Offline John Kelly

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Re: Wheels keep popping the spar on the lower wing! On landings....
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2011, 01:54:11 PM »
   Hey Paul...  Simple, build it the way we did with both the original SLOBS and BI-SLOBS. Eigth inch ply l.g. former, angled forward.
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Re: Wheels keep popping the spar on the lower wing! On landings....
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2011, 02:10:36 PM »
This is what I did after rebuilding the spar/front end a couple of times.
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Re: Wheels keep popping the spar on the lower wing! On landings....
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2011, 02:59:23 PM »
I don't know.  Land softer  y1
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Re: Wheels keep popping the spar on the lower wing! On landings....
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2011, 03:45:45 PM »
1/4 scale R/C gear and 4" balloon wheels.
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Re: Wheels keep popping the spar on the lower wing! On landings....
« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2011, 03:47:50 PM »
Use the alum gear from an All American or Barnstormer kit.  We have been doing that for quite a while and it solves the broken spar problem.  You can get them from Brodak.

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Re: Wheels keep popping the spar on the lower wing! On landings....
« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2011, 03:56:57 PM »
Stop letting me fly it and stop hitting the ground VD~
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Re: Wheels keep popping the spar on the lower wing! On landings....
« Reply #7 on: December 10, 2011, 08:52:37 PM »
If it is from the gear spreading too much, solder a spreader bar of 1/16 wire between the gear legs.  Two wires are much harder to bend than one. 
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Re: Wheels keep popping the spar on the lower wing! On landings....
« Reply #8 on: December 10, 2011, 09:31:44 PM »
Land softly.  LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~
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Re: Wheels keep popping the spar on the lower wing! On landings....
« Reply #9 on: December 11, 2011, 05:32:10 AM »
               Paul when Dan and I were flying our slobs we would get carried away hitting the ground too hard and that would always happen. I repaired it and it did it again and again. I asked him what should I do with it. He tried using spruce on his bottom spar and it still did it. He said pull out the broken pieces and cover over it. I had to laugh. Ken
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Re: Wheels keep popping the spar on the lower wing! On landings....
« Reply #10 on: December 11, 2011, 06:02:06 AM »
With mine I put in 1/8" balsa plates between spars and it broke again on next landing so then I added a 1/8" ply plate and used an aluminum R/C gear I had laying around from who knows what. End of problem until a wind gust threw the airplane half way across the circle at me. At 65 I'm unable to run fast enough to keep the lines tight. Need to build another but the gear/spar assembly survived. lol     Nick
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Re: Wheels keep popping the spar on the lower wing! On landings....
« Reply #11 on: December 11, 2011, 08:37:11 AM »
Quote from: Paul Taylor on December 10, 2011, 01:02:20 PM
I have patched the spar on the bottom wing on my Bi-Slob more then once. On one side it even broke a rib. I am trying to figure out how to keep this from happening.

Any ideas?

Hi rootbeard!

Like the guys say, an aluminum gear mounted sorta like the one in the Vector you just did. ;D

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Re: Wheels keep popping the spar on the lower wing! On landings....
« Reply #12 on: December 12, 2011, 02:00:34 PM »
Yep. Think that is what I will do....
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