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Old July 27th 03, 08:42 AM
Dan Mockler
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Use a small wire or drill to clean each blow hole after waxing. I do
mine at the start of each year. Four hundred and tewinty nine per wing.
Lost one per wing due to winglets....

Dan Mockler

Ray Lovinggood wrote:
Eric,

Can you protect the blowholes from wax with tape over
them? Same for the zig-zag tape. What if you place
a long strip of (wing) tape over the zigzag tape (or
blow holes), wax and polish the wings, and then remove
the tape. The remaining ridge of wax formed where
the protective tape was can be buffed out by hand (maybe?)
I don't know, just guessing, as always.

Ray Lovinggood
Carrboro, NC, USA

At 20:48 11 July 2003, Eric Greenwell wrote:

In article ,
says...

Yeah but sure they're cool when showing your new glider
to your friends...

I prefer old fashioned zigzag tape. Easier to mantain
and clean.


My ASH 26 E has blow holes on the wing and zig-zag
on the tail. I can
keep the blow holes clean, but when I clean the tail,
threads get
caught on the zig-zag points, and wax builds up in
the zigs. How do
you avoid this?
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