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Old 12-05-2015 | 03:04 PM
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Jim, I'm glad someone is reading some of this scribble.

Typical for model building. CA thin and medium in a few places where quick hold was needed, very small amount of gorilla for spar lamination and tube socket install, and mostly yellow carpenter's glue, thinned enough to flow through a syringe easily. CA is pretty heavy like epoxy so I use it sparingly. So is gorilla but the foaming aspect is useful when small gaps around the socket needed a little fill.

BTW- when gluing the top skin last night I wanted to see what sort of contact it made to the ribs. I pulled the skin back and was happy to see that just about every mm was touching. The precision paid off.

I pulled the panel off the jig and got a weight of a hair over 180 grams. After the aileron facing and LE and tip block are added the panel should be ready for covering at around 210-220 grams. The panel is large at 470 squares compared to most so this weight (around 7 1/2 ounces) is pretty fair. Finished weight of 11 ounces should be achievable unless I screw up the covering and painting. We'll see......