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  1. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Have the first stabilator skin in the bag. All those dots puts me in mind of the candy I bought when I was young, you know, the white paper strip with colored dots of candy glued to it. Started getting the rudder mold ready to lay up.
  2. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Here's what it looks like with the cowl and tail cone installed. I need to revise the tail cone that was previously made. The tail cone should go all the way to the point where the fin trailing edge intersects the fuselage. When I made it I wasn't worried about minor details, now that I began...
  3. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    It's out! Weight came in at 3.86 pounds, was estimating 4, so I'm happy. The door stayed in the mold, the clear packing releases very well. Tomorrow I plan to cut away the door area and finish the seam tapes. It feels really light. No need for the plug anymore! I filled two contractor...
  4. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Married the right and left halves this morning. The halves were joined with a thickened epoxy mixture of milled fibers and colloidal silica mixed to peanut butter consistency, this was applied with a Mono-eject tube cut off to about 1/8" opening. The mixture that squeezed in was smoothed with...
  5. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Got the left half in the bag with the second layer on, just might be a marriage tomorrow. I thought my procedure was improving for getting the bag to seal, but this one fought me this morning, finally got in sealed up to 25 " hg while the epoxy left in the mixing tub was still liquid state, I'm...
  6. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    I can see the light at the of the mold! Starting to think about the next steps, think I will finish building the tail group before moving onto the wings.
  7. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    The new vacuum pump arrived yesterday, much higher capacity than the old pump, only problem it bellows out a little smoke. Got the material wet out and bag sealed in about an hour, pulled up to 27" mercury. I made the hose fitting for the bar out of 1/4 NPT to 1/4" hose barb and a piece of...
  8. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    The peel ply arrived at 2:10, went right to work, had the carbon cut to size, vacuum bag ready to go. Took about 90 minutes to wet out the carbon, wet the peel ply, install the breather and seal the bag. Actually took about 30 minutes to get a seal, getting better, still learning. This is a...
  9. TonyHallo

    Mini lathe (and mill) discussion.

    Didn't know they made a smaller quick change tool post holder than I have? Think mine is 100 series size, guess they offer a zero size. And I thought I getting a bargain? Sent email to Banggood requesting a return, not real easy to find how to return an item on Banggood. The rest are carbide...
  10. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    " 30 Inch Wide 5 Yard Peel Ply High Temperature Resistant Release Cloth Carbon Fiber Fiberglass Resin Hand Lay up Release Fabric Compatible with Epoxy Resin Gel Coat Air Auto Boat Repair Build Works fine to me but I never used anything else.
  11. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    The 1/16" balsa is laminated in place, waiting for Amazon to deliver peel ply this afternoon before adding the second layer of carbon.. The balsa is tapered on all sides. Will add additional carbon at the location of the wing tube. The wing tips came out of the molds at 68 and 69 grams. One...
  12. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    I have changed my mind about adding the third layer of carbon, instead laminated 1/16” balsa in the area. Fairly confident that it provide increased stiffness at tha same weight addition.
  13. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Woke up early and went to work. Trimmed the flanges and pulled the peel ply. There are a few imperfections but all in all it is good, I think if the vacuum came quicker most of these would be pressed out. Put a second layer of 6 ounce cloth on the fin, it overlaps the fuselage by 1 1/2". I...
  14. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Put the first layer of 5.7 ounce carbon fiber in today. Had a heck of a time getting a seal, should have masked the flange off before spraying the PVA, still learning. Took three hors after everything was cut and ready to go, took about an hour to get the bag sealed. There is a layer of 1 1/2...
  15. TonyHallo

    Yippee! What the postman brought

    I paid $60 for both on Temu. Might not last long, we shall see. I put an edge on a brazed carbide bit tool with the CBN wheel before the diamond wheel arrived.
  16. TonyHallo

    Scale 112” - Taylorcraft by HeyLuc & Snoopy.

    Yea I think I got my last flight in last weekend.
  17. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

  18. TonyHallo

    Yippee! What the postman brought

    A 180 grit CBN wheel on the left and 320 grit diamond wheel on the right, about $60 on Temu. Takes about 15 minutes to coast down.
  19. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Where do you buy it? The stuff I have is sticky as well and it is working OK. I need to change a few procedures that I am using to improve the performance. Got the vertical fins laid up with a layer of 1 1/2 ounce and 4 ounce. Going to put the first layer of 1 1/2 ounce and 5.7 ounce carbon...
  20. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Seen a fellow here using butyl sealing tape for metal roofs as sealing tape for vacuum bagging. Decided to give it a try, since I never used the purpose designed tape for vacuum bagging I have no point of reference. This appears to be cheaper as the place where I buy the epoxy is selling a 25'...
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