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Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.
Woke up early and went to work. Trimmed the flanges and pulled the peel ply. There are a few imperfections but all in all it is good, I think if the vacuum came quicker most of these would be pressed out. Put a second layer of 6 ounce cloth on the fin, it overlaps the fuselage by 1 1/2". I...- TonyHallo
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Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.
Put the first layer of 5.7 ounce carbon fiber in today. Had a heck of a time getting a seal, should have masked the flange off before spraying the PVA, still learning. Took three hors after everything was cut and ready to go, took about an hour to get the bag sealed. There is a layer of 1 1/2...- TonyHallo
- Post #199
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Yippee! What the postman brought
I paid $60 for both on Temu. Might not last long, we shall see. I put an edge on a brazed carbide bit tool with the CBN wheel before the diamond wheel arrived.- TonyHallo
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Scale 112” - Taylorcraft by HeyLuc & Snoopy.
Yea I think I got my last flight in last weekend.- TonyHallo
- Post #367
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Yippee! What the postman brought
A 180 grit CBN wheel on the left and 320 grit diamond wheel on the right, about $60 on Temu. Takes about 15 minutes to coast down.- TonyHallo
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Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.
Where do you buy it? The stuff I have is sticky as well and it is working OK. I need to change a few procedures that I am using to improve the performance. Got the vertical fins laid up with a layer of 1 1/2 ounce and 4 ounce. Going to put the first layer of 1 1/2 ounce and 5.7 ounce carbon...- TonyHallo
- Post #196
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Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.
Seen a fellow here using butyl sealing tape for metal roofs as sealing tape for vacuum bagging. Decided to give it a try, since I never used the purpose designed tape for vacuum bagging I have no point of reference. This appears to be cheaper as the place where I buy the epoxy is selling a 25'...- TonyHallo
- Post #194
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Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.
The third layer plus the micro balloons added the stiffness I was looking for. With original 2 layers of carbon fiber, a 4 ounce glass cloth and 1 1/2 ounce glass cloth the door measured .027" thick, that is a little over the thickness of the cloth alone. The additional layer and the micro...- TonyHallo
- Post #193
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Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.
The door came out of the mold and was trimmed to size, it is a little too flexible for my liking. Plan to set the door back in the mold and add another layer of carbon. It currently weights about .6 grams per square inch. Thinking that I will use light weight filler in the epoxy when the...- TonyHallo
- Post #192
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Scale BUSA Super Cub
Quick video from Saturday.- TonyHallo
- Post #174
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Scale Nelitz 1/3 scale Cub build
Was out with the Super Cub on Saturday, hope your Cub flies like it does. Saturday may well have been the last flying day here in Southwestern PA.- TonyHallo
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Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.
Finished the mold for the door and laid up the door. One layer of 1 1/2 ounce cloth, two layers of 5.7 ounce carbon fiber on a 45 degree bias, and a 4 ounce layer of glass cloth covered with peel ply, a homemade perforated film( Plastic drop cloth with 1/8" holes drilled) and adsorbent cloth...- TonyHallo
- Post #189
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The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread
Make a few building weights- TonyHallo
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Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.
Starting on the fifth coat of wax. A few more to go and I can start to the lay up. I am planning to do the vertical fin halves first, it takes a while working around the corrugations. I could the easy route and slather some thickened epoxy but I would rather work the glass around and and then...- TonyHallo
- Post #188
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Scale 112” - Taylorcraft by HeyLuc & Snoopy.
Well that just sucks.- TonyHallo
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Scale 112” - Taylorcraft by HeyLuc & Snoopy.
Darn, that sucks. Did Heyluc ever fly his?- TonyHallo
- Post #356
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Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.
Reminds me of a large mouth bass! I put an eye on it!- TonyHallo
- Post #185
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Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.
Washed the PVA out of the mold halves and put the plug back in while I put the wood to it.- TonyHallo
- Post #184
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