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sweetpea · 11-23-2006, 01:37 AM

I sanded my alum tube on my 35% Edge......100grit then 600 grit. Put the tube in the plane and sanded one side at a time. Stopped when the tube was real snug (thus only requiring 2 people to take it out).

Then I used baby powder and polish until only one person could take it out. To this day its still tight (2yrs of flying) but removable.

11-23-2006, 01:37 AM	#5
sweetpea If you can't HUCK it BLING IT! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Just Moved.......Hampton VA Age: 37 Posts: 9,269 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 2	Re: How to relieve very tight wing tubes?? I sanded my alum tube on my 35% Edge......100grit then 600 grit. Put the tube in the plane and sanded one side at a time. Stopped when the tube was real snug (thus only requiring 2 people to take it out). Then I used baby powder and polish until only one person could take it out. To this day its still tight (2yrs of flying) but removable. __________________ Offical Member of Team Caribou Lou "Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But the U.S. ARMED FORCES don't have that problem." ...Ronald Reagan