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Old 07-02-2016, 03:26 PM
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onewonders
 
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Cool Silver Lining

Hey Hawkeye, I have the article, and yes the files are huge, the other forum http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2680562 automatically resizes, so my apologies...
So some progress...
Well I crashed my Easy Sport 40 on Thursday, the crosswind was so strong that it blew my plane out of bounds, so I had to cut the power, nose first into the ground. All seemed well until I flew it today - the wind again was 25kph, but up and down the runway. Tried to land, it was hovering, then stalled and landed flat! The motor fell off! Nothing 5 minute epoxy can't handle!


So the silver lining? There is time to laminate the elevator TE! I had soaked the strips in water and clamped around the mould a few days ago. Now they are completely dry I brushed carpenter's glue to each strip, pressed up against the mould, and clamped it tight.


After 4 hours, it was dry, I removed the clamps, removed the first inside and outside pieces (they weren't glued, they were to protect the other pieces) and voila! The laminate held its form.


So now onto the second elevator TE, then cut, sand and form the laminate to the final shape and glue it to the rest of the elevator.


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