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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gentlemen,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I made a large error a few weeks ago and totaled
the first Temptation. Got the second one done and had problems with the engine
and it had to go back. Wife had gone to California to help her Aunt
move--So I'm home alone, have to come home after work to let the dog out and the
field is too far away to practice after that with the old trusty OMS. What
to do--what to do.... Got to looking at the "totaled" airplane and started
tacking pieces back together--got to thinking hmmm--this might actually become
an airplane again--called Lee and asked him for some cores and a
chin cowl--told him I had two weeks of guilt free building time and would
he send a set. Well, it was right before the Nats and it didn't
happen--understandably.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So I had this severely crunched left wing
panel--really NOT salvageable--now with all kinds of foam voids--wing socket
knocked loose and should have pitched it--but I didn't. I did some
judicious goobering (read HEAVY) of epoxy and foam as best I could, lined
up the wing halves back in the shucks with the wing tube--weighted them,
said a little prayer and let 'em set. Well, at least it started looking like a
wing. The socket was still a little wobbly and I still had to graft
about 25% of the crunched nose of it on and again--probably should've pitched
it. But nooo.... I cut a couple lite-ply spars, cut grooves for them from
the bottom side up to the socket sides and glued those in--back in the shucks.
Still didn't like the rigidity--so I did a couple spars on the top with a
contoured cross partial rib boxing the socket, grafted foam, resheeted as
needed, blah, blah, yada, yada... Could have done a set in this time. Got
the new cores yesterday.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here's the Question: Since I've added about
2.5-3 oz to the panel with the average about 30% out in span; would I add a
similar amount of weight on the other at roughly the same spot or LESS
weight toward the end? You know--levers, arms and all
that.... I'll fly it as is and see how it reacts. You don't
have to tell me that I need to build another panel--that's a given. Having an
extra set of heavier panels around here in the spring wind may not
necessarily be a bad thing. It started out at 10 lbs.-7ozs.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV>
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Richard</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>