21-03-2013, 04:22 PM
Well Here it is,
One strong, light, accurate and thin wing section, ready to have the ailerons cut out and hinged, the tips shaped and some Iron film applied.
At this stage the wing's all up weight is 120 gramms which is about 4oz. I used about 60g of resin, a little of which stayed on the brush but most of it went on the wing. So about 1/2 the weight is epoxy. The rest is foam ply and glass.
I'm sure I could have reduced the amount of resin quite a bit if I vacuum bagged it, but I wanted to do it without Vac bagging just to show that a decent result could be obtained.
It certainly feels very stiff !!
One strong, light, accurate and thin wing section, ready to have the ailerons cut out and hinged, the tips shaped and some Iron film applied.
At this stage the wing's all up weight is 120 gramms which is about 4oz. I used about 60g of resin, a little of which stayed on the brush but most of it went on the wing. So about 1/2 the weight is epoxy. The rest is foam ply and glass.
I'm sure I could have reduced the amount of resin quite a bit if I vacuum bagged it, but I wanted to do it without Vac bagging just to show that a decent result could be obtained.
It certainly feels very stiff !!
“The knack of flying is learning how to throw your machine at the ground and miss.”
"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your thoughts turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return." ~Leonardo Da Vinci