Glassed the right gear hard point (6.0 hrs)
This part always takes more time than you’d think, especially when you consider the dimension of what you end up with.
I cut a bunch of foam pieces, and like a puzzle I fitted them into the space between the wooden pieces. Then I mixed up some West System epoxy and micro-balloons, and used it to glue the pieces in place.
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| 7 pieces of leftover foam glued together, make up the filler material. |
I had to wait a few hours for everything to cure, then I sanded everything even, masked the area with tape, and slurried it.
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| Packing tape protects the wood pieces from the micro-slurry application |
With the masking ripped, I painted pure epoxy onto the wood pieces.
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| Epoxy to go on wood pieces |
Then I laid 6 plies of BID at 45˚ over the entire area.
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| 6 plies of BID |
Finally, I added the two local 15 BID plies buildups, and peel-plied everything.
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| I hope it still looks this good in the morning |
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