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- From: patpower@crchh458.bnr.ca (Patrick Power)
- Newsgroups: rec.models.rc
- Subject: Re: Gentle Lady building ???
- Message-ID: <1992Nov15.201504.20065@bnr.ca>
- Date: 15 Nov 92 20:15:04 GMT
- References: <1992Nov12.095555.1@pa881a.inland.com>
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- Reply-To: patpower@crchh458.bnr.ca (Patrick Power)
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- In article <1992Nov12.095555.1@pa881a.inland.com>, schiewer@pa881a.inland.com (Don Schiewer) writes:
- |> I have just started building a Gentle Lady sailplane.
- |> I have finished the tail section and I need to decide
- |> how to connect the control surfaces.
- |>
- |> Should I use a monokote hinge or mylar slots?
- |>
- |> Also, I have heard that the wing on the GL can be weak.
- |> The plans include an additional instructions which show how to
- |> increase wing strength by adding more balsa strip to the
- |> first 6 foils on top of the existing bass wood main spar.
- |>
- |> Are there any other spots that need strength on the GL.
- |> (I already added small triangular braces to the apex of
- |> the LE of the stab.)
- |>
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- I am currently building a GL also. I would appreciate if any
- hints/tips/etc (specifically ones geared toward the aerodynamically-
- challenged :) ) would be posted here (no mail access).
-
- |> Thanks
- |> --
- |> Don Schiewer | Internet schiewer@pa881a.inland.com | Onward Great
- |> Inland Steel | UUCP: !uucp!pa881a.inland!schiewer | Stream...
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- Thanks again
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- Pat Power
- The Pride of Mesquite, TX.
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