Before you put the tape on, put a strip of carbon tow across the joint along top and bottom of the sheeting in line with the spar. This helps quite a bit with the stiffness of the joint. --- Bill Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would suppose that the reinforcment needs be be strongest on the > top or > bottom, and less so on the LE. The stress is going to be strongest > on the > top and bottom surfaces. And the tape is most critical on the bottom > > surface and less so on the top surface. Assuming that the highest > stress > occurs during winching, the bottom tape is in tension, where it is > the > strongest, and the top tape is in compression, where it is less > strong. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
