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Default RE: The Evolution of the Foam Flip 3D Flipper

Here is the rest of the build of the 3D Flipper V3.

I will spare you the details of covering save the marking for center and provisions to not cover the glue joint area. I made marks for the wing center and 3 mm on either side of center to be able to center the wing in the fuselage and to align the covering out from center about an additional 2mm.
The wing is fit most of the way into the Fuse and set in my gluing jig. I added some 5 min epoxy between the marks I made that represent the fuse thickness. I think good results can be had with CA and accelerant but I used epoxy on the prototype. Once the epoxy was in place on the bottom of the wing I slid it into place and lined up my marks with the edge of the fuse on both sides. Then I measured from the wing TE tip to the fuse side at the Rudder attachment edge on the very bottom most point of the fuse and made sure these were the same on both sides. Once cured I turned the plane over, pushed the fuse out of th way and applied epoxy to that joint.
The rear stabilizer was in loosely place during this process to keep the fuse located at the rear and once the wing joint cured I marked the Rear Stab in the same manor, epoxied it in place measuring from its TE tip to the wing TE tip to keep it all square.
Remove a small section of the covering at the LE and TE of the main wing in prepearation for the installation of the 90 degree supports. These were all fitted and epoxied in place du to having run out of CA accelerant. Water works but causes a really white finish on the CA.
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