Hey Folks =)

Last weekend I spent a little bit of time again to work on my plane.


At first I put 2 layers of 160g/m² fiber glass and 1 layer of 80g/m² fiber glass on the side parts.
The 80g/m² layer was put dry on the side parts to absorb the superfluous resin. So grinding
will be easier later.


Now the elevators:
Of course it was possible to make them out of styrofoam and encase them with fiber glass, but then it would have been
necessary to make them two-parts and they had to be adjusted, too. So I used ribs and a 0,8 mm balsa-fiber glass
sandwitch to construct my elevators. The balsa-fiber glass sandwitch was made in vakuum and after 3 hours of drying
I cut it into the right form. After that I glued the Sandwitch with the glass side on the ribs and put sandbags on it, so that
tha sandwitch could embrace the ribs. Then I put it into the oven and heated it to 60°C (140°F). To plank the other side
without distortion I cut out styrofoam profiles. After that I removed the pedestal of the ribs, put the elevators in the profiles
and planked the bottom.





After they dryed I put 2 layers of 80g/m² fiber glass on them and fit the hull for the pipe into the rear.





Finally I built the side parts for the elevators