Slight change of plan from last week!
After looking at things more carefully it seems that I had to bond on the tail shroud before the carbon plates. This is because the carbon plates are partly bonded onto the inside of the shroud.
So I went ahead and bonded on the shroud.
With clamps for Africa.
As you can see below they just cleared the garage door - by a small finger width.
I just used a heap of flock and squeezed it down on that. After that was set I got stuck in with the body filler and began smoothing out the interface.
Still got a little more to do here but it's coming along nicely.
Will add some layers of glass on the inside to connect the shroud to fin but to be honest it already feels very secure and rigid.
I've also been working towards fixing the rudder to fin gap.
Adding carbon strips down the outside of the fin at the back to allow for taking material off the inside - which will increase the gap.
First go yielded good results - some more to do though before it is perfect.
May get onto the carbon plates job next - we'll see.
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| Port side - adding carbon strips to the fin |
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| Gap is good now in the middle position - not perfect when deflected though |
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| The troublesome starboard side - will need a bit more work |
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| Bonding on the shroud - clamps for Africa! |
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| Shroud with body filler partly done |
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| Shroud with body filler - side view |
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