Larry Flesner wrote: > It wouldn't hurt to epoxy the fitting to wood contact surfaces also as they are installed.<
I thought that also...what could it hurt? But several times I've wished I hadn't done that, so I could remove the WAF for some reason or another...mounting the wing tanks was one, and replacing them entirely was another (if the 3/8" main bolt holes wallow out, or the mount is damaged somehow). He says his are painted, so the joint would only be as good as the paint anyway. There is something to be said for epoxying the WAFs to the spar to keep them from squirming around. I think Marty Roberts had his wallow out the spar a bit and it rubbed a hole in the fuel tank (or something along those lines), so it's happened at least once. But given the number of bolts going through the spars, it would take a lot of working back and forth to make that happen. But I think we all agree that Marty's wing attach fittings were subjected to cruel and unusual punishment... Mark Langford ML at N56ML.com http://www.n56ml.com
