Replacing carbon wingjoiner with fiberglass

[Terjesprenger]

Hi,

totally new here, and also to my newly bought Typhoon 2M.

Anyone having an opinion on making a new wing-joiner from fiberglass/epoxy to replace the one in Carbon/epoxy ?




Best regards
Terje

[randomtask]

I vote for keeping the carbon joiner. It's tough and it's there, no extra work needed. Build it up and enjoy flying the Typhoon.

Cheers,
Adnan

[James Lee]

I'm curious...
What flaw are you trying to correct or what effect are you trying to achieve? tks

[sherchoo]

Hi,

totally new here, and also to my newly bought Typhoon 2M.

Anyone having an opinion on making a new wing-joiner from fiberglass/epoxy to replace the one in Carbon/epoxy ?




Best regards
Terje

Errr... curious, how is the fibreglass better than the carbon.....

[Ghostfit]

I assume you're refering to the RCRCM's Typhoon.

There are many (including myself) who considers the stock CF wing joiner 'wimpy' !
if you make one out of fiberglass/epoxy, that will certainly degrade the wingflex issue of the Typhoon.

If you lost your original, it is best to buy a replacement from where you got your Typhoon.

[Twyl]

Thinking outside the box for remedies is great, but unfortunately in this case you will only get a weaker joiner. Carbon is far superior in strength compared to fiberglass and most likely lighter as well. The only real reason to replace the joiner would be to replace it with solid metal as a way to add ballast. Of course you would need the right conditions that require a lot of ballast for it to make sense.

-Jonathan

[Shaorong]

Hi Terje,

The carbon wing spare is fine... I tried diving the glider(carbon version) in Taiwan.

-Shaorong Chen