---------------------------------------------------------- Zenith701801-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 04/26/09: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 02:28 PM - Chat Room Reminder For "Digesters" (George Race) 2. 05:03 PM - fiberglass wing tip fitting (Victor Menkal) 3. 05:40 PM - Additional info on wing tip (Victor Menkal) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 02:28:38 PM PST US From: "George Race" Subject: Zenith701801-List: Chat Room Reminder For "Digesters" Live Chat Room every Monday evening around 8:00 EDT www.mykitairplane.com Click on the Chat Room link on the page. George Do Not Archive ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 05:03:45 PM PST US From: Victor Menkal Subject: Zenith701801-List: fiberglass wing tip fitting Hi folks. Struggling with fiberglass wing tip installation. I can either get tip to conform to nose skin or fiberglass wing tip in far enough to get min 20mm skin overlap but not both. Greatly appreciate any suggestions. Regards Vic CH701 Whitehorse Yukon ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 05:40:02 PM PST US From: Victor Menkal Subject: Zenith701801-List: Additional info on wing tip Found the following post when searching the archives. I have same problem with wing tip pointing down if fit is correct. Heat gun ..... any comments? Haven't seen the photo you mentioned, but just about everybody runs into problems with these wingtips. I decided the main thing is to make sure you have the tip rotated back far enough so the bottom of the airfoil remains flat; i.e, the leading edge doesn't sag a little bit at the end. On the first tip I did, I got everything cocked around so the skin followed the fiberglass leading edge perfectly, but I ended up with the wingtip pointing down just a bit from the rest of the wing. On the next wing, I made sure the bottom edge was flat and accepted the 1/4" gap between the skin and the fiberglass that resulted at the nose. Filled it in with fiberglass filler from West Marine, which works real good for such things. As one of the other posters mentioned, a carefully applied heat gun works great on the fiberglass tip to flex it a little where needed. Cpt Vic CH701 Whitehorse Yukon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message zenith701801-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Zenith701801-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/zenith701801-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/zenith701801-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.