RC plane cowling?

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RC plane cowling?

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affas	affas posted 11 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 4, Visits: 44	Hi, Got my vacuum bagging kit and almost ready to start experiment of making moulds and parts to radio controlled planes. I do intend to make a mould like your air scoop in your videos. But I am not sure how to the part itself from epoxy, fiberglass and carbon. May I put on release agent Paint the mould Layer of epoxy brushed on Put fiberglass and carbon in place with hands as good as possible and then put it into a bagging setup?
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Dravis	Dravis posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 592, Visits: 1.9K	I take it that what is int the pictures is your "plug" for the shape of the cowling? If so that looks like a candidate for a three or four part split mould, along the length of the piece. You need to get a good surface on the plug, then take your mold from that. take a look at the split mould tutorial on the EC website, browse through the many threads here, where CF-mad individuals have posted their plugs, moulds and finished parts.. The rest is straight forward. I would lay it up by hand in just a few layers of 200gsm CF, that would make it very light.. Vacuum bag it and thats it ... Good luck!! "Sapere Aude"... Dare to KNOW! The written word is the only truly efficient vehicle for transmitting a complex concept from mind to mind... 103% of all people do not understand statistics... Do not adjust our mind, theres a fault in reality :-)
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