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Steveair2:
Hi Guys
I am building/finishing an old Alpina 4001 and need a bit of help on installing the wing mounting bracket in the fuzz.Any one on here done it before? This is the blade type with the brass box in the fuzz.The instructions i have limited on the install. EG i presume they Extend into the side of the fuzz.
Any help appreciated
Cheers
Steve

Flamingo Flier:
Hi Steve,
No experience of the old Alpina but I had a Flamingo Contest from the same era and the wing joining system may be similar.
The english language instructions for the Flamingo has no diagrams - they are in the German version only. This was in the days before cut and paste!

Jim

Flamingo Flier:
Sorry Steve,
Only 1 attachment 'stuck'

Jim

Steveair2:
That's Perfect, Thanks a Million. I Have a Flamingo Myself but it has the Bar wing mount.
I put it together yesterday and I have tack glued the wing box in.Did you put a dowel across the fuzz at the rear and the front in case the wings move on landing? There is a cable operating the air brakes at the moment.I was looking at putting a servo in each wing to operate these otherwise I will have to mount one in the roof of the fuzz.This would be awkward assembly at the slope.I did it on the Flamingo wing but had a page from Multiplex with the measurements.
Thanks again for taking the Trouble.
Cheers Steve.

Flamingo Flier:
That's good Steve,
Yes I did put the spacers between the trailing edges and leading edges of the wings - I think these are important as the flat bar wing joiner allows the wings to swing back and forth if the fuselage stops in a hurry or if you touch a wing tip on landing. I had fuselage mounted servos for the ailerons and the airbrakes so I made the front dowel removable. Just a snug fit and double sided carpet tape on each end and it never moved - i renewed the tape every few years. As you say the front was a dowel but the rear one was, if memory serves a piece of 3mm ply about 15mm wide and was epoxied in. I stuck it to a length of balsa strip to fish it into place and taped the long balsa strip to the fuselage to hold it in place while the epoxy set - then I just snapped it off.
By the way I mounted the servos for the ailerons and airbrakes on a removable plate and I was glad I did. I replaced about 3 or 4 aileron servos over the 20 years I had the model  -  the gears were stripped by the wing swinging mentioned earlier.

JIM

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