ORIGINAL: avicom
Hi guys, finally I got a new camera. Here are few pics of Hector's plane. The two fuse half with the carbon cloth reinforcement and SB. Carbon cloth is 5.7oz applied with west system.
Not a bad idea, but where you really need the reinforcement is on the bottom of the fuse, in both the forward and aft fuselage halves. It is pretty dicey trying to pick up the L39 by the fuse anywhere except at the formers without buckling the bottom and sides. I used strips of flat 15K carbon tow longitudinally on both sides of the fuse seam, and added latitudinal strips every 5" or so with West Systems resin. Added ~3 oz total but greatly stiffened up the sides/bottom and prevents 'oilcanning' during ground handling.
Barry