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Correct adhesive to use to attach tail wheel assembly.
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April 3rd 18, 04:27 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Correct adhesive to use to attach tail wheel assembly.
On Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at 7:23:49 AM UTC-7, Dan Marotta wrote:
Interesting point, but maybe they didn't make the tail booms as strong
30 years ago...
On 4/2/2018 9:21 PM,
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The 3M heavy duty double sided tape does the job. It’s marketed as mailbox tape or something like that.
If that won’t work, 5 minute epoxy will. Yes, I hear all the cries about broken tail booms, but they haven’t made gliders with those “shear off” tail skids in 30 years so it can’t be that big of a deal.
Contact cement is the way to go if you enjoy wandering around in a huge grass field looking for your tail skid.
That’s my 2 cents, having tried all of these methods.
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Dan, 5J
I know the Schleicher booms are strong, they are laid up with carbon and two layers of Kevlar.
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