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Wing joiner

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chris williams
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Re: Wing joiner

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OK, the only situation where you might not need F6a is when you can guarantee that every landing will be perfect...! Otherwise, a crosswind landing is liable to pull the joiner box off the top of the fuselage. (Don't ask me how I know) Fitting F6a, with its Ali bracket, allows the bracket bolted to the wing joiner box to spread the landing loads down through F6a to the horizontal stringers below...
(Note: the attached photo is from the build of the smaller version of the Topaze)
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JamesH
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Re: Wing joiner

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Ok thanks I'll definitely need it in place then, can you confirm former f6a is just a copy of f6.
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chris williams
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Re: Wing joiner

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No, it's a blend of F6 & F7. You should have a copy of it with the rest of the info, but I'll attach it here as well. This was a mod that occurred well after the plan was published, which is why it's not on the original drawing...
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Re: Wing joiner

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chris williams wrote: 06 Jan 2022, 23:39 No, it's a blend of F6 & F7. You should have a copy of it with the rest of the info, but I'll attach it here as well. This was a mod that occurred well after the plan was published, which is why it's not on the original drawing...
Thank you Chris 😊
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Re: Wing joiner

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Hi Chris can you just confirm what scale this f6a retro fit former is actually for as I might have got my wires crossed 🙈
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Re: Wing joiner

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That's for the 3.5 scale version...
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Re: Wing joiner

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Ah ok I've got the 1.3.5 scale 4.4m. Think this is where I've got confused, is the retro fit needed for this size
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chris williams
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Re: Wing joiner

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Yep, it's for both sizes...
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Re: Wing joiner

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Cool I'll try and not bother you anymore
But can't promise 🙈😁😅
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