Guardian

Hi,

I just wanted to know how to set up a Vacuum bagging system ?, and what will i need to do so ?How great is vacuum bagging any way ?, besides wings and other flat surfaces, could you do a fuselage in a vacuum bag ?, How heavy can the fiberglass cloth be ?
Thanks

Tom-RCU

To some extent you can vacuum bag anything. Full size sailboat hulls are vacuum bagged (with very thick layup), I'm sure there are other large scale industrial uses for vacuum bagging.

One can vacuum bag, glass, kevlar, carbon, wood, etc. I don't think the capabilities of vacuum bagging will be the limiting factor in the thickness of a model airplane layup.

Think of vacuum bags as a simple method for creating a large amount of pressure on an object.

-Tom

Ollie

Here are some on line info. sources:

http://www.charlesriverrc.org/articl...cuum%20Bagging

http://www.pilotsguide.com/rc/vacbag.shtml

http://www.cstsales.com/articles_for_model_builders.htm

http://www.compufoil.com/

http://members.ozemail.com.au/~flyingwing/vacbag/

http://www.deltronix.com/public/acp/acp-cat.htm

Guardian

Thanks Ollie