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| Middle Section |
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 | First off, there wasn't supposed to be a middle section. Due to an
error in measuring the lower section strips were cut 11.5" too short. |
| To make up for this 12" were taken out of the coupler section reducing
it from 48" down to 36". 48" was way overkill even for my tastes. |
| Here's a shot of how the two fiberglass sections blended together. |
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Forward part
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| To sheet the forward most part of the nose cone a section of PML
11.41" tube was cut into strips and attached. |
| The same procedure used in the
lower section was used to cut the strips. |
| I figure if you've seen it once, that should be more than enough. |
| The gap at the top is to blend the PML sheeting diameter to the
Performance Hobbies 7.5" fiberglass nose cone. |
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| Almost done |
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| The upper most part has been filleted with West Systems Epoxy and
Filleting filler material. Bad move on my part, it's strong but it
took forever to sand. |
| These pictures are very poor quality due to the lack of available
light. |
| I'll retake these pictures later in more sunlight. |
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| Last fiberglass |
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| With everything sanded as smooth as I can get it (rough sand) I
snapped off one last picture before the final glassing. |
| Since only the upper part is PML tube, and the rest is already 0.160"
thick fiberglass. Only the PML part needed to be glassed, and not
much at that. |
| One layer of 10.0 oz glass was cut into triangles and laid up onto the
nose. |
| Some have sanding and light weight filler material (Evercoat Metal
Glaze) and we should be ready for primer. |
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