30 years ago?

I think the entire fuselage of my 1985 LS-6a was fiber glass and it had
a break away tail skid from the factory and was modified with a roller
blade wheel later on.Â* My 2001 LAK-17a was all carbon and had a genuine
pneumatic wheel.Â* I was happier with the inflatable tire since it
provided better directional stability on takeoff and landing, didn't dig
in to the grass, and it never ripped off.

On 4/3/2018 9:27 AM, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:
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, wrote:
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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Dan, 5J