After getting the hexes set (with 5 min resin) I went ahead and bonded them in with flock surrounding them and then finished off with the carbon ribs I had made up to replace the factory ones.
After all of this when I put them back on - I found that one of them had moved slightly.
Bummer!
So it looks like I will have to redo the starboard side. I may be able to save the fiberglass part of the hex and reuse that - we'll see. Otherwise I feel confident enough to remake one from scratch.
This is a pretty good example of why you need a decent size workshop. I had to change the procedure and used 5 min resin rather than flocking them in as per the manual.
I'm guessing the 5 min resin was not set completely hard before removing (even though I allowed more than an hour for it to set).
You have been warned...
I've started fitting the lower fin shroud too.
I'll flock this on - using clamps to hold it in place. Then put several layers of glass on the inside to join it to the fuse.
I did notice that it doesn't really take the shape of the rudder like Matthias's one does.
I will have to mod it to do so, as at the moment it sticks out quite a way.
Though before I bond the shroud in I will have to install the carbon plates that set the tailwheel in place. So that's the next job.
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| Factory carbon ribs for elevator - don't fit too good. |
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| So I made my own |
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| All bonded in |
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| Prepping the tail for the lower shroud - you can see how far out the starboard elevator is here... |
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| Shroud |
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| Bit of a big gap at the front of the tailwheel - may fix that I think |
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| From the right-hand side |
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| Looking from the back you can see the shroud sticks out too far. |
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