Turbine hatch prep


I needed to clear some foam from right above the turbine so I hot wired the foam rib and found a G10 spar imbedded


Switched to sanding drum and made the curved cut out


This provides additional clearance above the turbine for air flow to pipe and cooling


View of hatch above turbine from front


Turbine hatch dry fit


I really needed a longer hot wire cutter so I gutted the insides of the cheap hot knife and threw them away. I connected the heavy duty terminals to a nichrome wire and directly connected the terminals to my foam wing cutting transformer and it worked great.


I started nibbling away at the ESC wire channel to make a turbine air intake duct inside the nacelle pylon


Almost complete


Right side


Left side


View of turbine FOD screen inside the fuse as seen by an air molecule entering the front of the nacelle.


Painted two coats of Polycrylic on the sanded foam and sanded off foam fuzz. Now I did not have to worry about cutting any cheater holes in the fuse. Plenty of intake area from both sides from the scale intakes high enough to avoid grass FOD from the gear...I hope!