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8 years 11 months ago #4513 by flyingpete
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Sorted out the basic parts to build the wing panels and the quality of the laser cutting is amazing from Leon at Belair kits.I have built from his laser cut kits before and I have forgotten just how good they are.
At the moment I'm making up the laminated top and bottom spars and will get going when the glue has set
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8 years 11 months ago #4520 by JonTappin
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Great to see this underway Pete, watching with interest B)

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8 years 11 months ago - 8 years 11 months ago #4534 by flyingpete
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Hi guys
I spent a long time last night studying the wing drawings and have decided that it would be very difficult to make it a three piece wing,so have gone with a one piece wing as per the Design.
started off by gluing the bottom spar to the ply dihedral brace with pva and packed spar in position. added ribs and tacked in position with thin cyano.I then added u/c ply reinforcement to ribs,top and rear spars and false leading edge.
After pinning down to the board I then went over the wing with medium cyano.
Frank had concerns over the u/c support, so I have beefed it up with extra supports, as in the picture.
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8 years 11 months ago #4545 by flyingpete
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Wing complete, ready for sheeting
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8 years 11 months ago - 8 years 11 months ago #4546 by flyingpete
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3/32 balsa wing sheets are square edged and glued with pva weighed down and left to dry.
Once dry I will sand out any ridges and mark up face down on the balsa panels ready to be fitted to top surface of wing only at this stage.As for glue for this job I like to use gorilla adhesive as it is a foaming glue and will fill any slight discrepancies on the ribs
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8 years 11 months ago #4554 by Phil Ford
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Wow Pete! Amazed at how you progress so quickly. :whistle: Keep the images coming and the build dialogue text too. Maybe at completion of project I can turn it into an article.

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