Phil Barnes, USA show and tell how he makes and bag a wing for a 3 meter glider - Fusion

Thank you Phil

 

How to bag a DLG wing
How to make a DLG fuselage
How to bag tailplane and rudder
How to make a carbon tailboom
How to asemble everything
How to trim and fly it
 
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3m-1.jpg (22916 byte) Foam chores for a Fusion are ready. The carbon leading edge is attached with 3M spray
3m-2.jpg (21082 byte) The work table is ready
3m-3.jpg (31619 byte) The fabric/cloth is ready
3m-4.jpg (19396 byte) Rolling the outer thin layer of glass cloth onto the Mylar
3m-5.jpg (22080 byte) Wetting out the leading edge carbon
3m-6.jpg (17319 byte) Laying the Kevlar onto the Mylar
3m-7.jpg (26828 byte) Laying the carbon fabric onto the "D-box" part of the Mylar
3m-8.jpg (27535 byte) Wetting out the carbon and Kevlar fabric
3m-9.jpg (32727 byte) Rolling epoxy into the carbon fabric
3m-10.jpg (19437 byte) Cutting the leading edge of the carbon to fit the Mylar
3m-11.jpg (19518 byte) Cutting the root ends of the fabric
3m-12.jpg (30255 byte) Cutting the trailing edge
3m-13.jpg (20921 byte) The lower Mylar with fabric has been placed in the bottom foam beds, the cores on it and here the top fabric and Mylar is put on top of the whole thing
3m-14.jpg (19924 byte) The whole wing is placed in the vacuum bag
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3m-18.jpg (21311 byte) The wings out of the bag (here it is a pair of 2-meter wings