Dave:
I have been told that during the bonding
of the top half to the bottom half you may have to do some creative lining up
between the two to make certain that the whole airplane is straight when you are
complete with the effort. If a lot of this "edge" is present there
can be some interference fit with where the composite foam section starts
on the upper half. You want to make sure that the halfs get to move
in places they need to move to get the correct line up. The Redux bond
joint is extremely strong. I just recently made a test coupon as my
material went out of date, I needed to see if it was still good. With a bonded
area of about 2 square inches for a lap joint the fiberglass broke and the
bonded joint was unaffected. Four layers of fiberglass about an inch and a
quarter wide ripped apart at 1500 pounds on an Instron tensile testing
machine.
Steve Hagar
A143
Mesa, AZ
I am now an official builder, die
to the airplane parts in my garage. I am building the monowheel motorglider,
sans wings right now. I am almost through the tail kit and am wondering about
the fuselage. I am starting the fuselage which includes trimming the edge.
Looking at it, it looks like there is plenty of overlap and I wonder what the
reason for trimming is. It would seem that the critical joint there should have
as much meat as possible. The trimming line refereed to in the manual if there
seems like my imagination. Anyone with any inputs on this?
Thanks,
Dave Anderson
Gardnerville, NV
A227
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