On Friday, August 9, 2019 at 5:33:13 AM UTC-7, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:
On Thursday, August 8, 2019 at 9:43:03 PM UTC-7, 2G wrote:
On Thursday, August 8, 2019 at 8:30:55 AM UTC-7, wrote:
On Wednesday, August 7, 2019 at 8:02:20 PM UTC-5, 2G wrote:
On Wednesday, August 7, 2019 at 9:09:19 AM UTC-7, wrote:
On Saturday, August 3, 2019 at 9:47:38 PM UTC-6, Charlie M. (UH & 002 owner/pilot) wrote:
A clean set of pins and some lube goes a long way in rigging......period......

+1 for my Ventus B. I spent a year or two trying to figure out why, with all things to the best of my knowledge the same, sometimes the wings would protest and sometimes not. Fresh lube each rigging has provided the answer.

...and you simultaneously figured out how to align the wings to the fuse. Don't believe me? Misalign the wings and see if they still go on. Alignment is the key (I have had no problem assembling gliders w/o ANY lube)...


Nope. Rather, I'm sure it is that you mistakenly attribute your success in rigging to alignment rather than that you're now properly lubing (see how useless a comment like that is? We could go back and forth forever...)

Bottom line: I have rigged plenty of gliders WITHOUT any lubing WHATSOEVER. Period.

Somehow Tom, this must be a metaphor for your life.

Not sure what you mean (and I am sure it isn't pleasant - which says more about you than me), but I rigged my 31Mi today w/o lubing as a test - it went fine. BTW, the 31Mi has the tightest tolerances of any glider I have rigged.

Tom