Wicked Stick wrote:Chad,
Nice work. I've been saving all the glass work until the end, so your ahead of me on that part.
Where did you purchase the pink foam ? How did you determine or come up with the proper shape to have it fit well inside the wingtip ? What did you use to trim/cut the pink foam ?
I too have been thinking about using hinges to pin/mount the tips to the wings. Would be very helpful if you could share the steps you took to do yours (along with pictures) and how you feel the end result turned out.
Thanks WS! The only reason I'm working on it now, is because my fuse won't be here until the first week or so of January.
I bought the pink foam at Menards (in the aviation department
). It's one inch thick, and I bought a 4'x8' piece for $11.
As far as fit goes, I used the end of the wing to trace the shape. Then I used an exacto knife to make the first cut, but it didn't go all the way through, so I used a jig saw with a knife blade. Made really quick work of it! I then trimmed another half inch or so off around the edge to get it to fit somewhere around 3 inches or so inside the tip. I used 180 grit fine sandpaper to smooth all the edges. I didn't want to go much finer than that to give a better grip for the epoxy.
Here's the link to my website with the steps I did-
http://www.chadandbrittne.com/november_ ... ngtips.htm
They are probably not as detailed as the link I put in the post above this one. I used that one to do mine. There are several good pics on that link that are zoomable. I printed out the instructions and the pics to use in my shop. I tried to be as specific as I could on my webpages...
They were a couple months late to get my money. Oh well, I'm learning a lot as I go and that's the whole purpose of this hobby isn't it?
