by iflylilplanes » Sat Jul 07, 2012 10:45 am
I have a 2 meter glider I dust of once a year to fly, it's just hit 30 years old and still handles highstart launches well. It was built with a little carbon fiber ribbon sandwiched between the fuselage sides and the doubler then into the corners of the box tail section, in competitions I drive the nose into the ground in spot landings without any damage, I also glassed the wing roots with 3/4OZ fiberglass, strong and light. It dose not hert to add a little strength in the places where needed, the only thing I can sagest is the critical is the wing, if at all possible replace the main spars or laminate a strip of carbon fiber on the top of the top spar and the bottom of the bottom spar the ribs should be OK they only keep the leading and trailing edges and skin out.
Many Thanks,
Dave W.
Dead Stick Glide Distance: Half the distance from the airplane to the nearest emergency landing field.