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Upswept wingtip question 1

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PJYDE

Aerospace
Feb 26, 2018
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HI all,

I'm finishing the wingtips of my kit airplane.
With help of a laser I made sure the trailing edges of both wings are perfectly level and both wings have the same angle of incidence.

However, the fiberglass parts are not 100% identical.
One wingtip is about 12 mm ~ 0.5 inch higher.

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What impact would this have on flying characteristics?
Heavy wing?
 
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Perhaps a slight pull to one side or a tendency to fall off to one side in a straight ahead stall.
 
1/2" should have little effect on handling … but it is enough that you could trim off some and make the difference less.

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if you wouldnt like to play with the trim of the wingtip just add trim tab on the trailing edge of the wing, finding proper bending angle of it should be easily achievable after two - three flights
 
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