On Tue, 1 Aug 1995, Steven A Eberhart wrote:
> On 30 Jul 1995, nicholas davies wrote:
> [snip]
> > 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.
> [snip]
>
> 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
>
>
That's what we do here (production parts). Are you trying to fabricate a
new part? Or some assembly of existing ones? We may be able to help
with some more details as to what is trying to be done.
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