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Once CA'd together, I finished the radome with Duratec and then engraved the surface detail and added the raised detail using a laser cut stencil as before.

The usual foam board was then used to make a parting plane and the molds laid up.

2 layers of 6oz glass were used to make the actual radome. For this part I tried KlassKote epoxy primer rather than car primer, and I was very impressed with the results. A much better bond between the primer and the epoxy layup. This will be my standard from now on.

I decided on using a key-way and large head screws to attach the radome to the fuselage with a 5deg twist locking it in place. The radome aft bulkhead with the keyways was laser cut from 5 ply and glassed on both sides before being epoxied into the radome.

Total radome finished weight was 5.5oz.








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