From: "aubrian2" <vasbrian@...>
Date: Friday, May 16, 2003 11:13 PM
Subject: Well, I made a mistake, but could be interesting results
Date: Friday, May 16, 2003 11:13 PM
Subject: Well, I made a mistake, but could be interesting results
I was building my first Bug tonight, finally got all my supplies
together, and got ready to start.....sanded out all my ribs (whew,
that was awful....I used a glue stick, glued the rib template onto
the balsa, used double sided tape to glue 2 pieces of wood together,
then used my disc sander to sand out each rib) It took a while,
obviously, but being the perfectionist I am, the results were even
up to my standards....
I take the parts upstairs, and start pinning things to the boards,
only to realize after I've glued on rib 2 and 7, that I cut 2-7 out
of 1/32 balsa instead of 1/16.......ARGH!!! I really didn't feel
like sanding out any more ribs tonight, so I said "Screw it, I'll go
with it this way....."
So anyway, I'm gonna call it the lacewing bug, and hopefully it will
hold together more or less. I'll try to keep you updated.
Unfortunately, I was hoping to make it a DLG version, but it sure
won't be this one. Maybe I'll go for a removeable wing. What does
anyone think?
Also I had a question. For those of you that do DLG or SAL your
bug, do you have a peg or just grab the leading edge? I'm thinking
of extending the spar onto the tip section about 1 inch, then
putting a peg in and using kevlar thread and CA to secure them
together. How's that sound?