Sunday, January 12, 2014

Last week, we had a great Saturday, applying the glass to the upper surface.  We were fortunate to have a warm day, so the room heater didn't have to work too hard.  I think I kept the temperature around 78 degrees, to help the epoxy flowing smoothly.  I was happy to have a big crew show up, and now that everyone had been through this dog and pony show once before, everyone kind of knew what to do.

Ariel view shows the raw orange foam, the bias alignment marks, and the end sport for the spar caps.


 A low spot was filled in with dry micro the day before the major layup.



Everyone's making sure the fibers line up and that it doesn't try and get away.



Dr. Rodriguez lays it on thick. This is the third ply, which is span-wise to the whole canard.

Clarke and Larry keeping the fibers straight for one of the spar caps. Hard to see here, but I added four extra spar caps to try and eliminate some of the dimpling that has appeared in several flying canards.  This is just my experiment, your results most likely will vary.




Wetting it out, Boss!


 Layer of Peel Ply added to everything.



Complete



 Crew enjoys a cold one after lots of great work.


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