Making new top-hat layups between door frames
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Making new top-hat layups between door frames |
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new top-hat formers: 2013-08-16
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FT1
Blue foam pieces carved to fit between the door frames of the fuselage top moulding.
new top-hat formers: 2013-08-16
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FT1
Blue foam pieces carved to fit between the door frames of the fuselage top moulding. At the forward end, note the piece of plywood fixed to the firewall flange of the top moulding, and supported on a couple of wooden blocks. This ensures that the fuselage profile does not deform under its own weight while the top-hat layups over the foam pieces cure.
top hat peel-py: 2013-08-17
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FT1
The top-hat layups completed with peel-ply applied, ready to have the fan heater running and the curing tent draped over.
top-hat curing tent: 2013-08-17
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FT1
The improvised curing tent for the top-hat layups, with the fn heater just visible at the near end.
new top-hat layups: 2013-08-20
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FT1
The new top-hat layups cured with peel-ply removed. it's not immediately obvious, but the plywood support that was attached to the firewall flange of the fuselage moulding has also been removed - the shadow on the ground confirms that, and also shows that the forward top-hat layup is doing its job of stiffening the bow between the doors. Before this layup was done, the windscreen bow sagged quite a bit when placed upside-down like this and the firewall flange nearly touched the ground. As the gap between the firewall flange and its shadow shows, it's now held well clear of the ground.
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