72" Extra 330SC
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gyro
GSN Contributor
I finally fixed my pain in the arse wing bolt problem! These wing bolts are seriously hard to get to!
Today, I installed some Xion Wing locks from [MENTION=2470]RedwingRC[/MENTION]! All you've gotta do is just figure out the right depth of the bolt,
Loctite in, and glue the grommet to finish. The bolt stays in!
Now I just insert the wings, pop in the cam lever, and flip it over to attach, and go fly.
Today, I installed some Xion Wing locks from [MENTION=2470]RedwingRC[/MENTION]! All you've gotta do is just figure out the right depth of the bolt,
Loctite in, and glue the grommet to finish. The bolt stays in!
Now I just insert the wings, pop in the cam lever, and flip it over to attach, and go fly.
PropBuster
50cc
Cool Gyro, I was wondering about those. The stock wing bolts are even more fun to fish out of the bottom of the fuselage after I fat-finger one and drop it down in there.
gyro
GSN Contributor
maxx4wd
50cc
I'm so going to try these - I hate fiddling with wingbolts but this would make for a pretty easy swap. Thanks for posting them up.
Hey guys, I need some advice on re-hinging my ailerons on my 72 Extra.
This started one day when I was flying & after landing I notice my one aileron dropping down. I discovered upon closer inspection that only one of the seven hinge was still intact on that wing & the other has 3 of the 7 broken.
So after some searching around & asking on another site I decided I would burn out with a soldering out the old one then just glue in new ones. In the process of getting the old ones out & the new ones fitting right with normal size hinge gap some of the holes don't look as nice or clean as the factory hinged wing.
My question is how picky should I be about trying to match the gap on the old wing using the existing hole or should I just fill the old holes & drill a new fresh set of holes ?
Also what could cause this on a plane with only around 50 flights or so ?
This started one day when I was flying & after landing I notice my one aileron dropping down. I discovered upon closer inspection that only one of the seven hinge was still intact on that wing & the other has 3 of the 7 broken.
So after some searching around & asking on another site I decided I would burn out with a soldering out the old one then just glue in new ones. In the process of getting the old ones out & the new ones fitting right with normal size hinge gap some of the holes don't look as nice or clean as the factory hinged wing.
My question is how picky should I be about trying to match the gap on the old wing using the existing hole or should I just fill the old holes & drill a new fresh set of holes ?
Also what could cause this on a plane with only around 50 flights or so ?
maxx4wd
50cc
If it were me, if just re-use the hinge holes and use epoxy on the new hinges to fill any gap in the actual holes (be careful not to get any epoxy in the hinge itself). I would try to use the original locations as most likely they were placed in areas that relieve stress on the wing innards.
As far as the gap between the aileron and the wing - I wouldn't be to concerned about getting the exact same gap as the other wing - it's more important to get a bind free control surface and you'll probably want to use blenderm tape or equivalent form of gap sealing anyhow so as far as function is concerned it should be just fine. Aesthetically - I would just make the gap as small as possible without binding.
As far as the gap between the aileron and the wing - I wouldn't be to concerned about getting the exact same gap as the other wing - it's more important to get a bind free control surface and you'll probably want to use blenderm tape or equivalent form of gap sealing anyhow so as far as function is concerned it should be just fine. Aesthetically - I would just make the gap as small as possible without binding.