torque_roll

I am new to building kits, and at the moment I am finishing up building the first wing half on a Sig Somethin' Extra. I was wondering if someone could describe what to monocote/ultracote first. (ex: Would I do the wing tips first or the rest of the wing?) How would I monocote the tail feathers?

I pretty much would like to know how to monocote the whole plane in as much detail possible. I realize that explaining this would take a long time, so any pieces of monocoting that you can describe is very much appreciated.

Thanks,

Patrick

firefighter56

http://www.monokote.com/monoinst1.html

Try this site and see if it answers some questions.

Graxafone

Get Monokote's how-to video. It helps a lot. Your local hobby shop should carry it.

MinnFlyer

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Whenever possible, start at the rear and work forward. That way, your seams will face away from the airflow.

Do the wing bottom first before the top, and leave enough extra to include the tip (plus about 2 or 3" more to hold on to while you're heating and stretching it over the tip.)

Bob Yeager

My Feedback: (5)

Patrick,

You may find something of use in this article:

http://home.earthlink.net/~waludwig/monokote.htm

torque_roll

Thank you very much!!

Everything that people said helped a lot. Both of the websites gave very much info.

Thank you,

Patrick

$ircra$halot

Just to elaborate on what Minnflyer said a little. Think of shingling a house, the idea is you don't want the wind to be able to get under and lift your covering, just like you would not wan't the rain to run down your roof and run under your shingles, so you overlap them in a way so it is impossible. I always start at 90 degree L-shaped areas, like the aileron bays in the corners. Then the landing gear blocks, the ends of the wing and so on. As a last thought if you have to do curves, like the front of cowl cheeks, turn your iron up about 50 degrees, don't leave to much covering overlapping about 1" to 2" is enough, then work in small increments of about 3/4" at a time working from the center of the radius to the outsides of it. A heat gun really gun really comes in handy here, but watch your fingers they will get hot fast. Always happy to help if I can. Garry