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Has anyone purchased wing root weather strip from McMaster-Carr?
Part number? Type? Size?

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Use Vans wing root seal

Panther16 wrote:Use Vans wing root seal

Agree - the Vans wing root seal works pretty well!

If you are going polished, electrical tape works well.

Wag Aero has a "Piper style" wing root seal that's pretty cheap.

Bryan Cotton wrote:If you are going polished, electrical tape works well.

Hey Bryan, what electrical tape are you using? Have you got some pictures?
Cheers

garyb wrote:Hey Bryan, what electrical tape are you using? Have you got some pictures?
Cheers

Gary,
I'm using 1" black PVC tape from the local store currently. For a few years I was using 3/4" orange tape. After a year and a half of flying it was beat and letting the cold winter air in. The 3/4 tape is easier to get around the leading edge but has less area to stick to the airplane. The 1" tape needed an extra piece to hold down to the fuselage on the leading edge. I tape the bottom first, then the top, with some overlap on the leading edge.





Edit: many pics and videos where you can see the orange tape in my thread in the photo album area, like this one:

When I purchased, my almost complete Legacy, it came with some very nice white rubber U channel. Slip the channel over upper & lower, sharp edge of wing root. Install wing, rubber chanel butts up against fuselage side - almost 100% seal against water & wind. Same stuff used around horizontal stabiliser.

Last aircraft, I used, Gap Seal Tape from Wings & Wheels https://wingsandwheels.com/gap-seal-tape.html Terrific stuff. It's what the glider fraternity use. Comes in diffrent widths. Looks like electrical tape but soooooo much better.

Bryan Cotton wrote:

garyb wrote:Hey Bryan, what electrical tape are you using? Have you got some pictures?
Cheers

Gary,
I'm using 1" black PVC tape from the local store currently. For a few years I was using 3/4" orange tape. After a year and a half of flying it was beat and letting the cold winter air in. The 3/4 tape is easier to get around the leading edge but has less area to stick to the airplane. The 1" tape needed an extra piece to hold down to the fuselage on the leading edge. I tape the bottom first, then the top, with some overlap on the leading edge.

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Edit: many pics and videos where you can see the orange tape in my thread in the photo album area, like this one:

Thanks Bryan, I have thinking about a root seal for a while now. I'm going to try your idea. Cheers.