By now you should be use to my chatty ways. :-) The layup was 1 layer 0.75 oz FG, 4 CF tows down sides and around hatch and wing saddle area, and 1 layer 3 oz satin weave FG (on bias). Came out of the mold at 0.5 oz. The lost foam too-much-epoxy fuse weighed in at 2.3 oz. Since I made the nose a tad longer on the new one, I hope to not have to add the nearly 2 oz lead to balance the new plane and I hope to be able to keep her around 10oz, compared to the 15.4 oz I had for the last one.
The layup I used seems a bit squishy in a couple of areas between the seams and the tows, especially the bottom under the wing saddle area. I figure the ply blocks I'm going to glue into the saddle to bolt the wings down will help that be less of a problem. God willing, I will have the plane built by this weekend. Lots-o-fun! Although I looked at a lot of web sites to get information, I kept coming back to Chris Adams site at: http://scrollsander.com/Soaring-Fuselayup.htm and the photos provided by Tracy Brown at: http://www.monkeytumble.com/hlg/ If you are out here, thanks a bunch! John Gossett ===== John Gossett, Austin Texas RC Soaring Site: http://www.geocities.com/johntestsgo/index.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Buy the perfect holiday gifts at Yahoo! Shopping. http://shopping.yahoo.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
