Glass fibre wing joiner rods

[Ken Long]

Hi All,

Well I am still plodding on with my Old Gliders Petrel and have just noticed a problem with the supplied glass fibre wing joiner rods - every time I pick one up I get bits of glass in my fingers! Is there a way to somehow seal them (Paint or whatever)?

Thanks,

Ken

[Cliff Evans]

You should not be getting bits of glass from the rod at all. Do you know what size the rods are? I would replace them.

[Ken Long]

Hi Cliff,

The rods are 13.8mm dia and 700mm long.

It is such a pain that whenever you touch them you can feel minute fibres in your fingers.

I was wondering if it would be worth putting carbon fibre ones in. However, when I bought some CF rod for my 3.5m Bergfalke, they seemed more bendy than the steel originals.

Many thanks,

Ken

[Cliff Evans]

I'm not too fond of carbon rods, they tend to splinter. You can get GRP rods from Carbon Fibre Profiles, but, not at that size. Their rods are really smooth. I use them and make tubes to fit for all of my kits that use a rod joiner. You could return to Old Gliders and ask him if he can help. Don't hold your breath though!

[Barry_Cole]

As that is basically 14mm, Fighteraces sell 14mm Ally joiner tubes.

https://www.fighteraces.co.uk/shop/airf ... wing-tube/

BC

[AdamChambers]

Ken,

I had the same issue with my komar from old gliders.

I gave the rod a thorough waxing with bees wax and removed the excess with a dry cloth till it was clean. Now its lovely and smooth .