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Old 02-20-2011 | 04:31 PM
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Default RE: Lightning Build

Now I need one large sheet of balsa to sheet the wings with. I use blue painter's tape to hold the sheets together, open them like a hinge, apply glue, and then tape the top. Now, the real secret to wing sheeting is using the correct glue to hold the sheets together. I have tried many different glues which never quite turn out right, so with my last build I went old school and tried Ambroid. It worked great. It sands very well and doesn't get super hard. The only down side is the STRONG fumes. It can be tough to find as well, but I have a supplier out on the West Coast, right Dad?

The second key to wings skins is to sand them to near perfection prior to putting them on the cores. This makes sanding the seams much easier and much more effective.

I tried something new this time and glued my carbon reinforcement to the wing skins prior to gluing them to the core. I like the bond I get using CA with carbon, so I wanted to take advantage of that. I did make precise marks for the location of the cores on the sheeting to ensure the carbon is in the right spot.
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