I am hoping someone will have a great idea to solve this problem. I just finished gluing the spar sockets, but I am unable to withdraw the port spar out of the starboard socket. I was able to get the
Is there enough clearance to slide a knife blade between the spar and socket ? If you sight down the pin hole when you do it you might just be able to se e what the problem is an maybe even cut throu
Andrew, Try heating the spar socket to allow the spar to be released. You may have t o redo the setting. Cheers, Tim Tim Ward 12 Waiwetu Street Fendalton, Christchurch, 8052 New Zealand. ward.t@xtra.
Along the same lines, how about a thin gauge SS safety wire ( if it was the s ide face that is glued ) -Pete A239 et? If you sight down the pin hole when you do it you might just be able to s ee what
I would use heat. A hairdryer aimed at the socket for a few minutes=2C and get someone else to pull on the wing.Karl Is there enough clearance to slide a knife blade between the spar and socke t? If
Author: GRAHAM SINGLETON <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 21:26:34
Redux will soften at moderate temps, I'd try that. Heat the socket on the o uter surface, =0Aquickly and quite hot, Heat the pin socket too,then give w ing a strong pull.=0AIf you can get a wooden sp
Andrew,=0AI concur that heat will soften the bond, but a paint stripping ho t air/ heat gun is probably-the tool for this job, but would recommend yo u practice on some uncured scraps of fiberglass f
Thanks to everyone who responded. It seems the problem was I had overestimated my upper body strength :-) I was trying to pry the wings apart by pushing on each wing root. Instead, I inserted a bottl
Author: GRAHAM SINGLETON <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 22:36:29
Great news Andrew!=0AGraham=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A________________________________ =0A From: Andrew Sarangan <asarangan@gmail.com>=0ATo: Europa List <europa-l ist@matronics.com> =0ASent: Sunday, 22 September