Why you don't want solid fabric wing covers
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pdb
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Why you don't want solid fabric wing covers
This is not a gull wing Citabria. The leading and trailing edges are getting abused by solid covers in the wind. Mesh covers don't provide quite as much protection from ice and anow but they don't damage the wings nearly as much as solid covers when the wind picks up.
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Pete Brown
Anchorage, Alaska
N4563C 1953 170B
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Anchorage, Alaska
N4563C 1953 170B
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butchpilot170
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Re: Why you don't want solid fabric wing covers
Looks like to me he doesn't have the 6 (3 on each wing ) " over the top " straps to hold the covers down so there is no back and forth chafing . Just a thought , the ButchPilot !
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GAHorn
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Re: Why you don't want solid fabric wing covers
It seems they're attached, and is pulling on the trailing edges.
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50th Anniversary of Flight Model. Winner-Best Original 170B, 100th Anniversary of Flight Convention.
An originality nut (mostly) for the right reasons.
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