Friday 19 August 2011

Work update

I spent a couple of nights this week working on the tailplanes some more.

Seemed to make a much better job of taping the joints on the rear than I did first time round on my 'training day'.

First off a seam of cotton flox is run down each join to make a smooth 5mm radius (fiberglass does not bond to sharp edges).

4 hours down, 1,496 to go!

Tailplane set up on trestles ready for work

25mm fiberglass 'tape' bonded down each side of the rib.
X - marks the peel ply that must be removed from leading edge
Peel ply coming off - once it's started it's dead easy to remove
All peel ply removed ready for sanding now
Leading edge sanded so all the sharp edges are removed
All the parts for each section come in these shrink wrapped panels

Carbon panel with ribs already mostly cut out on machine

The Dremel makes short work of cutting them out.

Have to remove this micro (brown stuff) back to 10mm for the rib

Wing is roughly the right shape of the rib - will close up a bit when bonded

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