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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

SZD-56 Diana 2



The Diana 2 is basically complete with regard to construction , and I must say it is slim and very elegant in design.


It looks more like a model in its lines than a full size glider
. Next part of the build is to cut the control surfaces and do the silicon hindging, prior to this exercise I will polish the wing and taiplane with good car polish, the reason for this is as you fill the gap between the top and bottom skins of the wing , with a mixture of resin and balloons, where the surfaces have been cut out.

If any of this mix happens to get on the wing surfaces it will come off easily

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The wing incedance peg that I have used in the last three builds has been a short length of threaded rod about 8mm in diameter, this has a nut threaded on the inside of the fuselage ,and once the wings are on there is no way the wings can come off in flight.


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