Our two subs are on opposites sides of the coin. Yours is bolted together etc. with replaceable
parts and mine is one hunk. Any repairs will mean coming back to shop and hack and whack
then make new. +
I started making the control asm bolt on. Nice easy maint etc and basically gave up.
Was taking way to much time. I really need to make my spring get it wet goal.
In my experience making a glass mold is worth the effort if you are going to make more
than one. All of my glass work is just lay it on and grind it smooth.
You can see in the one pic of the aft MBT, it has been enlarged about 10" lower. No magic
just lay on layer after layer of cloth fiber glass lots of grinding and work. I needed to do this
for the additional battery pod lengths. It got real heavy real fast in the aft.
Which reminds me, I sure would like to know when the next sub gets started.
I want to invest in the companies that sell grinding wheels hehhe
the great frozen North
Dean
In a message dated 2/7/2009 1:18:34 P.M. Central Standard Time,
ShellyDalg@aol.com writes:
That's a good technique Dean. Glass over plywood. Nice and strong, cheap, and makes nice smooth wings. Good idea. I should have thought of that when making my dive planes. They have been a real hassle to make.
I first made a foam wing plug mold, glassed it, cut it in half to get the foam out, glued it back together and added more glass layers. Sounds fairly simple now that I write it down, but man! what a lot of sanding, shaping, finishing etc. I now have ONE wing and will use it to make a full mold to make another for the other side.
My thought here was to have both planes/wings exactly the same, and interchangable. The plus to this is the mold of the finished wing will be saved so I can whip up replacement wings as they get broken.
Because of how they sit on the sub ( sticking out ) I'm expecting them to take a beating, and I'll need spares. But ya, I like the plywood idea. Frank D.
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