In exchange , here's another method which works well to keep water from entering the joint between the stuffing tube and strut - cover the joint with siliconed-inside shrink ; has substantially cured water intrusion for me :
[ATTACH=CONFIG]167504[/ATTACH]
Here I had to notch the strut to allow the shrink to slip on :
[ATTACH=CONFIG]167505[/ATTACH]
Ditto Tony, can?t believe I didn?t think of it or discover it on here before.
And BTW, interesting rudder in the last pic you posted
Comment