Update

Christmas is now over and I have successfully defeated the dreaded man flu so it's all systems go!

Back in the workshop today to prepare ready for joining the wings together, either later tonight or tomorrow.

Updates to follow.

F3B.

More Tailplane Pictures

Just a few more pictures of the tailplane as requested, there is still a little tidying up to do at the tips and edges but is good so far.

This is a great result and a 10% weight saving on the last one.

Good Tailplane!!

A good result and probably the best tailplane yet, the weight is the lightest so far without any detriment to the strength, the major weight saving has been both the paint and epoxy.

The yellow paint is very opaque so it will be interesting to see the wings when they are joined next week.

I should receive delivery of the new disser tissue next Wednesday so a test tailplane will be made over the Christmas break before the next whole model is laid up.

Any comments welcome please?

Harry.

Foam core joiner

Just taken another joiner out of the mould. Much lighther than the one which still has the silicone still stuck in it. This one has roachel core and weighs 70g.








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One In The Oven!

I managed to join the tailplane this evening, thanks for the nuts Mikey!

As you can see from the photos below the dry spars weigh just 10g, these were wet out and then dabbed with blue roll to take off all the excess resin. A small bead of epoxy/cotton flock/micro balloon mix was piped around the edges.

Should be ready to open the moulds tomorrow, update to follow.... right now I'm going out to collect a Chinese banquet and bottle of the good stuff with the lovely Mrs H.

Take care for now.

New joiner and fus layup results

Good news all parts are keepers. Slight problem getting silicone cores out of joiner, they broke off about 10mm in from the end so they will be staying in this one, this is a shame because the moulding is the best joiner I have made yet.






The fus has come out well although still some cosmetic issues around the wing seat. New lay up idea to increase hoop strength has worked really well, not too easy to see on the photo but you can just make out the band of additional twill weave cloth. In the flesh I am please to say it looks "well Trick"
Harry all I need now is a set of wings and a tailplane.


Hope all out there are enjoying the read, feed back it welcome and if anyone can give me any pointers on how to make hollow joiner I would be great full.

iPhone test

The oven is on and coming up to temp. Bladder pressure is good and will be increase to 100psi when resin starts to gel at 120 C and more importantly I have learnt how to attach photos to blogs from my iPhone