3D 75cc 106" HyperLITE Slick 540 by Fibertech N More

[tylerzx9r]

Just curios... Rick, have you ever tried laying a part up in a mold with Carbon Fiber Cloth? I know it wouldn't be cost effective for a kit... but I was thinking of trying something different for the look I want.

 

[Jetpainter]

I have a set of carbon fiber wheel pants. They do look cool and they're light, but not as tough as I would have thought.

 

[Fibertech]

Nice build so far. This would be a fun plane to bang around.

Thanks...I agree..I think it will be a blast to fly.

 

[Fibertech]

Just curios... Rick, have you ever tried laying a part up in a mold with Carbon Fiber Cloth? I know it wouldn't be cost effective for a kit... but I was thinking of trying something different for the look I want.

I haven’t worked with carbon yet but planning to do so with this new mold. I will post when I try it. May take a few to get the process figured out. My w/p have no seems to them and I want to do the same with CF but not sure if I can yet. Ya if there painted won't matter but kind of defeats the cf purpose a little. If get the look and quality I want they would be a option to the kits. Same pant will be used for Viper-ST.
I should clarify on no seem. You will see the mold parting line but there is no structural seem to them.

 

[tylerzx9r]

I haven’t worked with carbon yet but planning to do so with this new mold. I will post when I try it. May take a few to get the process figured out. My w/p have no seems to them and I want to do the same with CF but not sure if I can yet. Ya if there painted won't matter but kind of defeats the cf purpose a little. If get the look and quality I want they would be a option to the kits. Same pant will be used for Viper-ST.
I should clarify on no seem. You will see the mold parting line but there is no structural seem to them.

OOOOOH! I like The Plan! I was thinking of trying with some transparent fades for the color.

 

[Terryscustom]

I have a set of carbon fiber wheel pants. They do look cool and they're light, but not as tough as I would have thought.

I bought a pair of CF pants as well from another vendor and they laid up just the CF which maid them extremely soft. I put another layer of 6oz cloth on the inside and they are much much better. I have yet to install them in anything though They were advertised as 35% size but will only fit a 3.5" wheel.......fail.

 

[Fibertech]

Thanks Guys...transpaent fades.hmmm.

 

[Jetpainter]

Thanks Guys...transpaent fades.hmmm.

Ooh, tinted clear over carbon fiber. You could get some interesting results.

 

[tylerzx9r]

If the stuff weren't so expensive, I would do some examples. Yes Jetpainter, tinted clear was where I was headed, with some solid fades also. I have this picture in my head of some simple transparent stripes, just enough to break up that solid shape of a wheel pant.

 

[Fibertech]

Last time on build I mentioned spline sanding. For me I just ran the fuse side through my drum sander. But for you that don’t have one of these you can set up a long flat board with sand paper glued to it and run the fuse side back and forth as I show in 42% build pic. If your careful and apply even pressure you can use a flat short board or aluminum plate with sand paper glued to it. Start at one end of fuse and in one pass slide sanding board to the other end with even pressure.

Next was gluing on the anti rotational ply plates and the stab tube ply to fuse sides.

After this it was time to set the motor box and fuse side up in the fixture and start on the cross and diagonal braising. First though I wanted to set the wing tube fuse plates in place. At this time I’m not gluing in the wing tube socket yet. I’m just using it for location of the tube plates. I’ll install that a little later. There is a little sanding on 3/8” balsa that needed to be done first to slide the tube through motor box.


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