Wings at an angle.

[Dad_flyer]

I crashed and repaired my foam trainer a while back.
When repairing the motor mount again yesterday I noticed that the wing bolts are not in line with the motor and tail. I checked with the wings on, and they are indeed at an angle. The difference is noticeable if you look from above. I measured the left wing tip is about 1" further from the tail root than the right tip. About 60"span. It is not a simple banana in the fuselage, the thrust line and the line of the tail are aligned when viewed from above.
She has flown OK but not many times since the crash. What flight characteristics would that angle have been giving? I can't at the moment see a way of correcting it.

[Peter Miller]

Probably not very much. If you have flown it and no problems keep flying it.

There was a fullsize experimental aircraft with the wings set at a considerable angle and it flew OK

[Martin Harris - Moderator]

[Dad_flyer]

Ok, it is not that far off!

[Geoff S]

On models I build I take great care to get the wing and tailplane parallel to each other and exactly square to the fuselage but, after having the odd foamie where things are slightly askew, I don't think it really matters within reason.

Geoff

[Dad_flyer]

Thank you all for the advice.

[Cuban8]

I suppose on a model with a lot of dihedral, I'd expect to see quite a significant right or left turn bias. With no dihedral then only little or no serious effect for a sport type model.. An inch discrepancy is not good, but if the model handles OK and it's going to be a pain to correct it, then leave well alone, as has been suggested.

Edited By Cuban8 on 19/11/2018 13:57:53

[alex nicol]

As said above if it flies ok then I'd be inclined to leave well alone. There's a lot to be said for the old adage

'If it ain't broke, don't fix it'

Having said that, you also have to factor in just how much knowing the wings are out of line annoys you.

Good luck with whatever you decide