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THE BUILDThe basic building of the wing is quitesimple. I took the cores that wereprofessionally cut and chose to use1/16" balsa wood as the skin with 0.2ounce carbon fiber in between fortorsional strength. The spar is .007carbon tape top and bottom. I usedpolyurethane Gorilla glue to attach thebalsa to the cores via my home madevacuum bag. I can’t take credit forthis method as it was done by TerryBrox and an excellent review is onhis website .Proof of how strong his wing is canbe found by clicking on “Misc Stuff.”I thought this would be plenty strongfor what I needed. The entire centersection top and bottom is fiberglassedwith three layers of .75 ounce clothstarting where the bat tail ends at thetrailing edge. Each layer is progressivelysmaller in span.The radio gear is mounted in a verysimple manner. The battery and receiverare cut out of the top of the foamnear the leading edge. The servosare mounted underneath the wing inpockets cut out of the foam; they arecentered on their respective surfaces.I placed hollow pushrod tubes in thewing prior to applying the sheeting sothe servo wires were easy to route tothe center of the wing. Here you can seeThe radio gear is mounted in a very simple manner.Typical wing joiner. Basswood box, the rectangular carbon rod is six inches long.70 R/C Soaring Digest