---------------------------------------------------------- Zenith701801-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 04/27/09: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 05:17 AM - Re: Additional info on wing tip (Randall Hebert) 2. 05:50 AM - Chat Room Reminder (George Race) 3. 05:51 PM - Re: fiberglass wing tip fitting (n85ae) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:17:23 AM PST US From: "Randall Hebert" Subject: RE: Zenith701801-List: Additional info on wing tip Wow Cpt Vick You stole this from my log book J Randall J Hebert Identical problem with mine From: owner-zenith701801-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-zenith701801-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Victor Menkal Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 7:39 PM 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 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 05:50:32 AM PST US From: "George Race" Subject: Zenith701801-List: Chat Room Reminder 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 3 _____________________________________ Time: 05:51:28 PM PST US Subject: Zenith701801-List: Re: fiberglass wing tip fitting From: "n85ae" Cut trim, buy glass cloth, epoxy, filler, sandpaper, and patience. That's what I did. As delivered they don't come close to fitting right. Jeff CH-801 builder Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=241577#241577 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.