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How does everyone deal with changes in humidity when building a wood wing?
I had to take about a 5 week break on my wing and today when I went back to it, the Midwest hot humid days have made nothing fit like it was fitting. Everything is swelled up and super tight.I am shocked how much it changed. I am thinking just sand and fit as needed but then I started thinking what happens this fall when this stuff drys out? Will it shrink and break at the glue joints? Also tighting bolts onto swelled up spars what happens when the spars shrink?
I hope the answer is not to wait into fall before building...
Thanks for all the input
Bill
I had to take about a 5 week break on my wing and today when I went back to it, the Midwest hot humid days have made nothing fit like it was fitting. Everything is swelled up and super tight.I am shocked how much it changed. I am thinking just sand and fit as needed but then I started thinking what happens this fall when this stuff drys out? Will it shrink and break at the glue joints? Also tighting bolts onto swelled up spars what happens when the spars shrink?
I hope the answer is not to wait into fall before building...
Thanks for all the input
Bill