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Category: Canard

Winglet join and final canard glassing

Multiple overlapping (and tapered) layers of glass used to hold winglet to wingtip.  Canard was sanded and another layer of triax was draped on and wetted out. Fixture allows rotating canard to allow easy access to both top and bottom during wet-out.

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Author bzvelocityPosted on May 9, 2016September 29, 2016Categories Canard, WingletsLeave a comment on Winglet join and final canard glassing

Glassing top surface of canard

The canard was removed from the filtering, turned over, and prepped for glass.  The usual mixture of sanding, grinding, micro, cabo, draping glass, and wetting out was used.  The top glass bonded to the bottom glass at the trailing edge, and overlapped the bottom glass underneath the leading edge.

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Author bzvelocityPosted on May 5, 2016May 26, 2016Categories CanardLeave a comment on Glassing top surface of canard

Glassing canard bottom

The canard foam was sanded. There were a number of locations where the solidified micro had oozed out of joints, and this had to be ground back to make the surface flush.  Micro was spread over the canard bottom surface and squeegeed fair.  Cabo was used as a final filler, and then triax was draped over the canard and wetted out with resin.

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Author bzvelocityPosted on May 3, 2016May 26, 2016Categories CanardLeave a comment on Glassing canard bottom

Building up canard

The canard spar was sanded and clamped to the canard fixture. The lift tabs (where the canard will be bolted to the fuselage) were screwed into the center of the spar. The leading and trailing edges for the canard were removed from the foam billets and bonded to the canard spar with micro.

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Author bzvelocityPosted on May 2, 2016May 26, 2016Categories CanardLeave a comment on Building up canard

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