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Old 02-20-2008 | 07:08 PM
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Default RE: Sig Hog Bipe

Well I finally got over to the LHS and picked up some strip fiberglass for the bottom wing (shop gremlins must have taken the kit supplied tape). While there, I picked up a glass motor mount for the Saito and a 14oz fuel tank (Picture1). I managed to finish the bottom wing by adding the block trailing edge (what used to house the aileron torque rods) (picture2), then sanded down the center and prepped it for the strip fiberglass.

Whenever I add the strip fiberglass to a wing I try and keep the epoxy on the tape and off the edges. I usually tape off the area as you see in picture3. This keeps the epoxy from getting where it shouldn't. I let this setup overnight and came back and sanded down the rough edges of the fiberglass tape. Finally I glued on the plywood wing bolt plates (Picture5) and set aside the bottom wing.

Next up - the Fueslage

Picture1 - LHS supplies
Picture2 - Trailing edge blocks glued - securred with that ever versital blue painter's tape
Pciture3 - Containing the strip within the tape keeps things neat and tidy
Picture4 - Epoxy applied and curing - tape removed
Picture5 - Clamped on the plywood wing bolt plates
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