Wing tie down question

Cheap rudder lock: wing tape on BOTH sides of the rudder hinge. Just make sure you remember to take it off before flying!

Kirk
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At 15:32 12 May 2016, kirk.stant wrote:
Cheap rudder lock: wing tape on BOTH sides of the rudder hinge. Just make
sure you remember to take it off before flying!

Kirk
66

What kind of weather are you expecting? If the expected gusts are large
enough to lift your glider off a pair of firmly wedged wing stands, I would
de-rig and tuck it away safely in its trailer.

Jim

On Wed, 11 May 2016 19:49:17 -0700, resigler wrote:

Hi Martin. I'm very interested in seeing some pics of the tie down you
describe. I'm having a hard time visualizing so a pic will be quite
helpful. My Libelle has the Striefeneder winglets - will your kit work
with those too I wonder? Thanks.

Robert

Here's the link: http://www.gregorie.org/gliding/tie-down

The photos should make the way they work clearer as well as showing the
impact of my model flying background when it came to making a male mould
for the tip fittings.

You may be able to use a similar approach: since the winglets are
removable, you could either design the tie-downs to be used with the
winglets removed (and designed to fit a squared-off tip), or treat the
carbon mouldings as effectively a V-shape that fits over the TE, rather
like giant aileron locks, but with the outer edges curling upward to fit
the winglet fairing. This would mean that the tie-downs can't slide
inward along the wing, but may mean that they need to be under the winglet
covers to keep rain from getting inside them. That wouldn't hurt the tie-
downs but could lead to water pooling between the foam rubber and the
wing surface.


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