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Old 03-17-2003, 02:52 AM
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Default Fiberglass fun and more progress

After a great day of flying Saturday, I took some time today to get some more work done on my Caudron.

I now have leading and trailing edges on the wing, and wing tips in place. The tip of the core is 1/2" thick, so I took two tip shapes from 1/4" and shaped the outside. I then used a drum on my dremel and hollowed each half. Finished by glueing togther and installing them on the wing. Light and shapely.

I also finished the Canopy, and finish sanded the cowling blank.

I then took the cowling blank and fiberglassed around it. I am making this thing with the 'lost foam' method. So far it looks good, but I have not put any primer on it yet.