Comment by helitron on April 19, 2009 at 2:34am

Zach, great idea ! Another possibility is to glue a short piece of CFK/GFK tube (20 mm for example) that fits exactly over the wing joiner tube into the hole of the wing.

Erwin

Admin Comment by Thomas J Coyle III on April 19, 2009 at 11:54am

Zach,

Are those magnets in your wing root?

Regards,
TCIII

Comment by Zach Lovering on April 19, 2009 at 4:34pm

Yes there are magnets in the root. I am going to post the instructions for this modification in a couple days. The next post is going to be about upgrading to a composite spar. All of these mods are intended to "beef up" the plane to carry more payload.

Admin Comment by Thomas J Coyle III on April 21, 2009 at 10:39am

Zach,

Where are you getting your magnets from?

Regards,
TCIII

Comment by Zach Lovering on April 21, 2009 at 10:54am

I picked up the magnets from my local hobby store, SureFlite in San Diego. The also sell their items online.

Admin Comment by Thomas J Coyle III on April 21, 2009 at 4:21pm

Zach,

Thanks for the info. Much appreciated.

I used to live in Torrance, CA, but moved to North Texas last year in preparation for retirement.

Spent a number of years in San Diego when I was in the Navy. Almost decided to stay there when I was discharged. Nice town.

Regards,
TCIII

Comment by Zach Lovering on April 21, 2009 at 4:29pm

San Diego is a great place. I will be moving up to LA later this year for work and will miss this place deeply.

Admin Comment by Thomas J Coyle III on April 21, 2009 at 4:46pm

Zach,

Was there a reason for choosing .375 in ID washers as the original plastic/fiber spar is 8mm (.315 in OD)?

Also, you chose a .375 in OD carbon fiber replacement spar in place of the original .315 in OD (8mm)plastic/fiber spar. What was your reason for increasing the dia of the spar? Had the spar slot in the wing enlarged itself from the original .315 in dia?

Regards,
TCIII

Comment by Zach Lovering on April 21, 2009 at 5:00pm

You are correct. I meant to say 5/16", which is close to 8mm. I have updated both posts. Thanks for the correction.

Admin Comment by Thomas J Coyle III on April 21, 2009 at 6:22pm

Zach,

Thanks for the verification and update to the upgrade instructions, which, by the way, are very informative and useful.

If you ever get tired of LA and decide to try Texas, look me up. I live in Melissa, just north of Dallas.

Regards,
TCIII

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