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Correct adhesive to use to attach tail wheel assembly.
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.* My 2001 LAK-17a was all carbon and had a genuine pneumatic wheel.* 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. -- Dan, 5J I know the Schleicher booms are strong, they are laid up with carbon and two layers of Kevlar. -- Dan, 5J |
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