Epoxy-ing the wing halves together would seem a good idea.
Before you stick them together assemble them on a table and look at the wing from the front, (or rear) you may well notice that they have ‘dihedral’. That means that the wing tips are higher than the middle of the wing. Or to put it another way, when viewed from the front or back the wing has a very flat V shape.
I tell you this so that when you glue the two halves together you must make sure that the wing maintains that dihedral angle. If you glue the wing together without it, the plane will be far harder to fly. :roll:
Personally I wouldn’t bother with the carbon rods Sean, just glue the ‘male’ wing joiner into the ‘female’ (socket) at the same time as you’re gluing the wing halves together. To fit the carbon tubes you’ll first have to cut out a grove in the wing, then place glue in it followed by the tube. This will all add weight.
Like-wise an extra aileron servo will add weight and in the world of flight, weight is the enemy! :evil: :evil: :evil:
The more your model weighs the faster it will have to travel through the air to over come the effect of gravity, and fly. (Just like the airliner that takes you on your holidays. Before it can leave the runway it has to go faster and faster.)
Let’s think about landing your plane………….
To reduce the risk of damage at touch down the idea is to get the plane to fly as slowly as possible before it actually touches the ground. That’s pretty obvious isn’t it.
But your plane won’t be able to fly slowly, because it’ll be caring extra weight. …….so it’ll have to maintain a higher air speed. Savvy?
If you try to slow it down too much before putting it onto the ground it’s wing will “Stall” and the plane will just fall and hit the ground like a stone. (Ask me how I know :oops: )
What I’m trying to say is….”Keep your plane as light as possible!”
Oh, putting two aileron servos won’t stop either of them getting damaged.. But you will have the problem of how to fit them without either leaving them sticking out into the airflow creating turbulence and drag, or countersinking them into the foam of the wing, weakening the wing structure even more.
Having said all this, Model flying is only a hobby. So there is no law that say’s you can’t do what you want to…..and see what happens!!
Keith
