Phil Barnes, USA show and tell how he makes and bag an XP 3 wing

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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01 piece of foam ready to cut[1]..jpg (16216 byte) Piece of foam ready to cut
02 cutting wing tip sections[1]..jpg (17507 byte) Cutting wing tip section
03 sander to square the ends.jpg (15113 byte) Sander to square the ends
04 Phil's work area.jpg (17976 byte) Phil´s work area
05 Setting up feather cutter.jpg (17570 byte) Setting up the Feather cutter
06 Feather cut in action.jpg (28582 byte) Feather cut in action
07 Notice templates on block.jpg (24186 byte) Notice templates on block
08 More templates.jpg (22018 byte) More templates
09 adding carbon leading edge.jpg (24228 byte) Adding carbon leading edge
10 Checking size of mylar.jpg (17817 byte) Checking size of Mylar
11- fabrics are cut on 45 bias.jpg (21545 byte) Fabrics are cut on a 45 degrees (bias)
12 Pro Set 125 resin 226 hard.jpg (17977 byte) Mixing epoxy
13 adding carbon dowel reinfor.jpg (22708 byte) Adding carbon dowel reinforcements
14 rolling on epoxy to mylars.jpg (14621 byte) Rolling epoxy onto Mylar's
15 laying carbon fabric on[1]..jpg (15573 byte) Laying carbon cloth/fabric onto the epoxy wetted Mylar
16 laying on kevlar.jpg (13958 byte) Laying Kevlar on
17 kevlar on other side.jpg (20680 byte) Laying Kevlar on other side
18 trimming fabric to shape.jpg (17341 byte) Trimming fabrics to size
19 rolling the fabrics.jpg (19595 byte) Rolling the fabric/cloth to wet them with the epoxy rolled onto the Mylar. This way the cloth gets wetted from both sides
20 extra kevlar for flaperons.jpg (18654 byte) Extra Kevlar for the flapperons
21 cover w paper towels & roll.jpg (16383 byte) Cover with paper towels and roll to remove excessive epoxy
22 trim end of fabric to mylar.jpg (18486 byte) Trim the fabric to the size of the Mylar
23 trimming is complete.jpg (19445 byte) Trimming is complete
24 wood roller to spred fibers.jpg (18860 byte) Rolling with wooden roller to spread the fibers
25 adding epoxy to trail edge.jpg (15960 byte) Adding extra epoxy to the trailing edge
26 fabric mylars top and bottm.jpg (22147 byte) Fabric Mylar's top and bottom
27 sliding into vac bag.jpg (23355 byte) Sliding the whole thing into the vacuum bag
28 in vac bag.jpg (17977 byte) The wing is in the vacuum bag
29 foam beds top and bottom.jpg (19604 byte) Foam beds top and bottom to prevent the wing from warping and bending while it cures
30 foam oven.jpg (15244 byte) The whole thing is put into a foam oven to speed the curing up and to make the epoxy stronger
31 heater.jpg (19235 byte) There is a heater in there too
32 finished wing out of bag.jpg (21503 byte) The finished wing out of the vacuum bag
33 trimming leading edge.jpg (20286 byte) Trimming the leading edge
34 light to find foam trl edge.jpg (19433 byte) Use a light from the backside to find the foam trailing edge
35 cutting trailing edge.jpg (19566 byte) Cutting the trailing edge with a pattern
36 melting servo wire channel.jpg (21803 byte) Melting a channel for the servo wire