Re: Warped Wings !

Jul 14, 2003 11 Replies

One thing you can try is wetting them, perhaps spraying them with a water/detergent solution, a.k.a. window cleaner, wetting them, putting them on a flat surface or suitable jig if they're not flat bottomed, put some weight on top and let them dry.



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> I made several model planes many moons ago, got side tracked by girls....
> you can guess the story. I never really used them and they were banished to
> the loft.
> Yesterday I took a look at them and to my horror some of them have warped -
> mainly the ones NOT covered in film. They are built up balsa frame/ribs > etc..
>
> The question being - How can I get these bends/twists out of the wings. I
> can remember using steam to bend sheets of balsa, is there anyway of
> `wetting` them and fixing them in a position to dry straight.
>
> Your help much appreciated ! :O)
>
>

How many girls have you got in your loft and are they all lightly used???

I'm glad to see that I wasn't the only one that was thinking that.

Lets, get this straight. You have a loft full of girls?????

All girls become warped with time. You meet a perfectly normal human being (female), marry them - and in a few years their minds are competely warped.

Regards 8^) KGB

You`ve met my last girl friend then...!!!

..thanks for the advise guys :O)

Are you sure about that time frame??

I thought the transformation was pretty much instantaneous and was triggered by something in the wedding cake.

Maybe they use a different cake recipe where you live ;-)

bob

A solution that has worked for me is to spray them with ammonia, then put them on a flat surface (for flat bottom wings) or a jig (for symmetrical, semi-symmetrical, etc) and then put lots of weight on them. Not enough to crush the wing, but enough to hold it. When it dries, it should be fairly straight.

For a second there, I thought you were talking about the girls like everyone else was... WHEW!

That works on wings, but just makes the girls mad.

Hi

Isn't that called a "Golden Shower" or something??

Regards KGB

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