3D Fibertech Hyperlite Slick 540 Build Thread

[Spats]

Looks great, your moving right along nice. It's hard to see but is that a carbon strip on the foam? It looks like the carbon I got for mine as referred by Terry. I am just about to start the sheeting. How did you like the vacuum pump?

 

[Bipenut]

Yes that it the unidirectional carbon fiber that Terry referred too. I love the vacuum bagging and the little EZ-vac is working out great. The wings in the picture are for a 38% Laser 200. We could only do one wing at a time but that is not a big deal for us. What I ended up doing is put the wing in the bag and we leave one corner open on the bag and use a shop vac to remove most of the air. After that we clamp that corner shut and turn on the pump. I bet it only took 3 or 4 minutes and all the air was gone and everything sealed up tight.

 

[Spats]

That sounds like what I will try. I am going to start with the bottom piece for the fuse for my first time. I got the same pump as you.

Thanks

 

[Bipenut]

I think you will like the pump. I did my front hatch first in case I screwed it up since it would be cheaper to ship. I didn't have any problems at all, and if you watched the videos that Terry did you will be just fine. Let me know how it goes.

 

[Spats]

First attempt at the vacuum was a success. And actually easy at that. Back in the old days its was difficult to get 100% pressure all the way around with just cement blocks. The pump works great for a little guy but I may invest in a bigger one as I plan to do more builds and would like to do multiple bags.

I started with the canopy hatch as Bipenut did. He right, it would be he cheapest to ship if I f'd it up.

 

[Spats]

No, I don't have two hatch covers, I must have bumped the button

 

[Terryscustom]

Looking good!

 

[Fibertech]

Bagging is the way to go for sure. Looking good.

 

[tylerzx9r]

Nice WORK!

 

[Bipenut]

Looking good, bagging it the way to go instead of weights. I'm going to get the stabs, rudder and belly pan done this weekend.