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Making airliner winglets/sharklets


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Maybe I am blind but I don't seem to be able to find any information on making winglets for airliners. I know that I have to start by cutting a triangle of plasticard and filing it into shape but the part evading me is getting the bend in the base of the winglet where it joins the end of the wing. Any ideas, tips, or secrets gratefully received.

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As above, heat of some sort would give you the best curve.  However, if you have no luck with bending the styrene you  might try cementing it on at the correct angle, use filler (Milliput) in the top crease to get the curve and round the the bottom off. 

 

Make a cardboard template first,  use it to get the correct shape before cementing to wing the correct using a jig.  As Graham suggests, practice on scrap first.  

 

What’s the plane,  144?

 

Good luck

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