You specify standard weight covering. I had planned to use two colors of clear Ultracoat Lite. That would look nice and save an oz. Is it really a bad idea?

From : Don Stackhouse

Although the 2-meter Chrysalis has a substantially stiffer spar system than the HLG Chrysalis, it still gets a lot of torsional stiffness from the covering. For this reason we do NOT recommend the light weight coverings like Ultracoat Lite for the wing. They should work fine on the fuselage and tail, and this would be a very good place to save some weight. On the wing, use regular weight coverings such as regular Ultracoat, at least on the inboard panels. The outboard panels MAY tolerate the lower stiffness of the lightweight covering.

I noted as I built the wings that there is a right way and a wrong way to position the outboard ply sheer webs. They are tapered, and I might have missed that. In your next rendition of the plans, you might mention that for the unsuspecting.

It's already there. Notice that each strip of laser-webs has an indicator on the corner of the carrier strip on one end. These are highlighted on the instructions, and it shows that the end with the indicator goes towards the tip. The inboard forward laser-web has a round notch, the aft inboard panel laser-web has a straight chamfer, and the outboard panel laser-web has a radius on the corner. All of the laserwebs have at least a little bit of taper, and the aft inboard has a little window in the middle for the spoiler control horn, so it's important to position all of them correctly.

Also, when instaling the wing tip plates I was confused. They sit on top of the lower spar caps and the leading edge must line up with the shaped tip of the ribs. When doing so, the back edge of the wing tip plate rides high on the trailing edge. I just mashed it down and glued it, slightly warping the tip plate. When freed from the building board, it just caused a little bit of wash out, desirable in any event. However, it did seem strange. Did I do something wrong?

It's really not that critical, it can be in the middle of the trailing edge, or pushed down flush with the lower surface. It will work either way. What you did is fine. Just make sure you do it the same way on both sides.

Don Stackhouse
DJ Aerotech