karldaschner

Hi guys.

I need to recover my Tmpro .46 size profile Extra 260. Only the fuse was damaged. I ripped all the covering off it and did my repair. Question is:

Do I start on one of the sides, then the other side leaving a bit of an overlap and the iron that to the 15mm top and bottom section, then come with a thin long stip top and bottom to seal up? Or do the thin top and bottom first with straight strips leaving and sealing an overlap to the sides of the fuse. ad then do the sides and just cutting the excess away on the edges?

Another thing is the built up balsa canopy will make it difficult with the overlapping. Do I need to cut a few slits in it around the curve so that I can seal on the edges withoutmaking wrinkles?

Thanks
Karl

proptop

My Feedback: (8)

Typically, when covering a fuselage, I do the bottom first, than the sides, then the top last. (at least that's the way I do it )

And around the canopy section...yes, you can cut little slits to help make the covering conform to the curves.

Or...sometimes you can heat/stretch it around...like when covering a wing tip. You just have to leave yourself some extra covering material to grab ahold of and work with, as you pull and heat/seal it down...then trim off the excess.

MinnFlyer

My Feedback: (4)

I always add 3/8" strips to all of the joints first, then cover.

A while back, we did a "How-To" on re-covering a profile:

http://www.rcuniverse.com/magazine/a...article_id=105