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Rudder foam core

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Rudder foam core

Rudder foam core: 2000 05.

Canon AV-1, Kodak Royal Gold 200.

The rudder core ready for the first layup, with peel-ply in place at TE and hinge flange, root & tip rounded, and lines drawn at 30 degrees to the LE to help with correct alignment of the UNI fibres.


UNI cut and marked

UNI for rudder

Cutting UNI to size for rudder: 2000 05 25.

Canon AV-1, Kodak Royal Gold 200.

I tried to stabilise the edges of the UNI by sticking masking tape all around. It did stop it unravelling, but because it was time-consuming, wasted glasscloth, and made it difficult to deal with corners, I fairly soon abandoned this practice. Marking a single fibre with a felt-tip pen took almost as long as taping the edges, but it was a very worthwhile job.


UNI cut and marked

UNI for rudder

First rudder layup completed: 2000 05 26.

Canon AV-1, Kodak Royal Gold 200.

The slightly heavier black lines are the highlighted threads in the 2 layers of UNI, showing that I managed to keep the weave reasonably straight, and parallel to the guide lines drawn on the foam.

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