What technique works best for covering the leading edges?
———- We used the double cover process on the ailerons of our Skybolt to fix a clearance problem I anticipated in the aileron cove area. It may have worked OK to cover in the regular way but I thought I would try it. It worked great and as a bonus it really looks good too. We used two layers of 1.7 oz fabric. It completely eliminates the tapes on the leading edge. We also used a trick we learned from the Eagle builders manual to eliminate leading edge tapes on the wings as well. In this method you double cover the leading edge only. If you do the bottom first you carry the fabric all the way to the back of the front spar on the top of the wing. When you cover the top you again carry that fabric all the way around the leading edge and stop at the back of the front spar on the bottom. This looks almost as good as if you used felt under the leading edge tin as many classic show plane builders do and you only have three lateral tapes on the whole wing. The trailing edge and the front
