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I'm getting ready to further disassemble my wreck to transport it home, and trying to figure out how to do it while minimizing further damage. I haven't stripped too much of the fabric yet and I'd rather not yet until it's home, but I want to separate the top wing to fit on the trailer. I shoulda looked at the plans before I left home...
The bolted on plates that hold the spars together are clear enough, but the trailing edge is less clear... It looks like it's a continuous piece of small streamline tubing that forms the curved trailing edge, welded to the crossbar that attaches at the upper landing wire fittings (and also serves as the hand hold). If that's the case, then apparently I can't separate the wings without cutting something? Not a big deal, but as I said I'd like to minimize cutting of undamaged structure.
If I can't get it apart cleanly today, I may just cut it where it's broken (just outboard of the I-strut) which may let it fit (barely) on the larger trailer I'll use to move the fuselage home next weekend.
The bolted on plates that hold the spars together are clear enough, but the trailing edge is less clear... It looks like it's a continuous piece of small streamline tubing that forms the curved trailing edge, welded to the crossbar that attaches at the upper landing wire fittings (and also serves as the hand hold). If that's the case, then apparently I can't separate the wings without cutting something? Not a big deal, but as I said I'd like to minimize cutting of undamaged structure.
If I can't get it apart cleanly today, I may just cut it where it's broken (just outboard of the I-strut) which may let it fit (barely) on the larger trailer I'll use to move the fuselage home next weekend.
