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  1. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    One pound foam fillers were cut to shape and the thickness reduced hoping the foam follows the shape of the corrugation. Foaming Gorilla glue was use to attach the foam fillers to the skins. This was rolled on with a very light coat. The parts were placed in a vacuum bag, the glue seems to...
  2. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    I have the rudder halves laid up, once these are done there is one more stabilator skin to make and I will be out of molds. Will need to make a new mold for the tail cone and cowl once it is modified. I had a heck of a time getting the bag sealed, even used a piece of fuel tubing as a...
  3. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    The third protype came out of the mold as a failure, I thought the larger vacuum pump would be able to pull the glass cloth down into the edges of the corrugations so I started with full size pieces of cloth, previous lay ups were done with strips of glass cloth cut to the width of the...
  4. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Epoxied the tail cone onto the fuselage and filled the seam with Super Fill. Needs block sanded down and it will be ready to cut. I am kind of two-blocked on moving forward with cutting it loose, the fin trail edge needs trimmed by possibly a 1/4", I would like to have the rudder in hand to...
  5. 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.
  6. 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...
  7. 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...
  8. 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...
  9. 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...
  10. 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.
  11. 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...
  12. 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...
  13. 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...
  14. 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.
  15. 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...
  16. 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.
  17. 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...
  18. 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...
  19. 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.
  20. TonyHallo

    Scale 112” - Taylorcraft by HeyLuc & Snoopy.

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