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Re: Front Wing design and build1

Postby GrantL » Tue Jul 18, 2017 7:57 pm

mopman365 wrote:
Tue Jul 18, 2017 9:11 am
GrantL wrote:
Tue Jul 18, 2017 6:42 am
mopman365 wrote:
Tue Jul 18, 2017 6:17 am
Very nice indeed. Guessing there's a bit of sanding required on the inside mating surfaces, especially the insides of the trailing edge, before joining the two halves?
No I don't sand at all. Carbon dust is not good. What I do instead is scrap the carbon carefully back to part line with a tungsten carbide 50mm wide scraper . Scraping is easier to control. It took about 1hour per halve to get a perfect joint
Hmmm, so like a surform scraper or a blade-type tool?
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Paint scraper
No a paint scraper with lots of uses. See on www.linbide.com

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Re: Front Wing design and build1

Postby mopman365 » Wed Jul 19, 2017 6:06 am

Thanks! I'm getting one this afternoon. Workshop's starting to look like a coal mine from all the sanding.

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Re: Front Wing design and build1

Postby tahoedirk » Wed Jul 26, 2017 8:05 pm

that wing will work great! Nice job, Enjoy!!

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Re: Front Wing design and build1

Postby mcfly777 » Tue Aug 01, 2017 9:16 pm

Great work! How did you make the molds?

Leo

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Re: Front Wing design and build1

Postby GrantL » Thu Aug 03, 2017 1:33 am

mcfly777 wrote:
Tue Aug 01, 2017 9:16 pm
Great work! How did you make the molds?

Leo
Standard old school mold
1/Make a plug (dummy wing)
2/Gel coat plug and split center plate. So basically half the wing and yet to be created flanges on split plate .
3/Build up on top of gel coat with chopped mat lamination to thickness of around 6mm.
4/Remove slit plate .
5/Gel coat "new flange" and second half of plug to complete the full female mold.
6/Laminate again on gel coat second side to 6mm.
7/Remove plug and prepare for carbon lamination.

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Re: Front Wing design and build1

Postby Bille » Thu Aug 03, 2017 5:59 pm

mopman365 wrote:
Wed Jul 19, 2017 6:06 am
Thanks! I'm getting one this afternoon. Workshop's starting to look like a coal mine from all the sanding.
NOT GOOD !! :nono:

I use water and wet/dry sandpaper , (all grits made by 3M, ONLY) , along
with files and scrapers ; NEVER dry sanding on any composite part ,
(unless i got the wet/dry vacuum running) with the exhaust, going out the window ---
and that includes the finish sanding and polishing.

With a Good strategy for the sanding on composites with water ; i hardly ever
need a respirator, but always use rubber gloves to keep the dust out of the
pores in my skin.

GUYS --- this is something you can NOT just blow-off , for Laziness or Machoism ; that
carbon or glass dust , can and will hurt Ya Bad !

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Re: Front Wing design and build1

Postby mcfly777 » Thu Aug 03, 2017 6:02 pm

GrantL wrote:
Thu Aug 03, 2017 1:33 am
mcfly777 wrote:
Tue Aug 01, 2017 9:16 pm
Great work! How did you make the molds?

Leo
Standard old school mold
1/Make a plug (dummy wing)
2/Gel coat plug and split center plate. So basically half the wing and yet to be created flanges on split plate .
3/Build up on top of gel coat with chopped mat lamination to thickness of around 6mm.
4/Remove slit plate .
5/Gel coat "new flange" and second half of plug to complete the full female mold.
6/Laminate again on gel coat second side to 6mm.
7/Remove plug and prepare for carbon lamination.
Great thank you! Will try this.

Leo

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Re: Front Wing design and build1

Postby GrantL » Thu Aug 03, 2017 9:28 pm

mcfly777 wrote:
Thu Aug 03, 2017 6:02 pm
GrantL wrote:
Thu Aug 03, 2017 1:33 am
mcfly777 wrote:
Tue Aug 01, 2017 9:16 pm
Great work! How did you make the molds?

Leo
Standard old school mold
1/Make a plug (dummy wing)
2/Gel coat plug and split center plate. So basically half the wing and yet to be created flanges on split plate .
3/Build up on top of gel coat with chopped mat lamination to thickness of around 6mm.
4/Remove slit plate .
5/Gel coat "new flange" and second half of plug to complete the full female mold.
6/Laminate again on gel coat second side to 6mm.
7/Remove plug and prepare for carbon lamination.
Great thank you! Will try this.

Leo
I can give you more detail if interested. I am actually making another stab wing at present, making plug now.
Grant

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Re: Front Wing design and build1

Postby mcfly777 » Tue Aug 08, 2017 6:36 pm

Thanks Grant
That would be really awesome.

Leo

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Re: Front Wing design and build1

Postby GrantL » Fri Aug 25, 2017 7:20 am

mcfly777 wrote:
Tue Aug 08, 2017 6:36 pm
Thanks Grant
That would be really awesome.

Leo
Here is the first part of the process for making a mold
plug.jpg
Polished and waxed ready for inserting in split plate
frame .jpg
Construction of split plate 5mm MDF
build split plate .jpg
Cutout for plug.
setting on centerline .jpg
Set plug into split plate.
split plate.jpg
Spray paint and wet sanded.
polished side 1 split plate .jpg
Plug inserted waxed.
tooling gel side1.jpg
Here is the step-by-step process to build your mold. The most critical part is to make the split plate exactly on the centerline of the wing. This is important otherwise you will loose the profile of the front leading edge.

More steps to come
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