On 30 Jul 1995, nicholas davies wrote:
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> Next a few discussion points.
> Build time. Any advance on 2,000 hours? I've done 550 so far, I'm just
> starting the wing trailing edges, no profiling. Rule of thumb wd. seem to be,
> the profiling of the flying surfaces takes as long as building them. I know
> that
> professionals took 160 hours to profile a europas flying surfaces. If only the
> wings were pre-preg like the fuselage! I reckon that would halve the total
> build
> time.
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Does anyone have any experience in vacuum bagging a wing? I have read
articles about R/C models using the vacuum bag technique. The resulting
wing needs very little finishing. If I remember correctly the layers are:
foam, glass & epoxy, peel ply, absorbant blanket, mylar bag. Pull a
vacuum and let cure. Will dig out the articles and update this post with
something more substantial than my failing memory (next year is the big
50 you know :( .
Steve
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