Comet Sailplane
Project
Today I put a coat of clear doped on the wing,
stab, elevators, sub fins, fin, and rudder. As you can see in the table
below, I am now finished with doping the stab, elevators, sub fins, fin, and
rudder. I did not dope the fuselage, hatch covers or cowl because I wanted
to refit every thing first.
|
Component |
Wood |
Polyspan |
Silk |
Orange Tint |
Yellow Tint |
Orange Tint |
Yellow Tint |
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|
Mix |
50D/50T |
50D/50T |
50D/50T |
50D/50T |
50D/50T |
40D/60T |
40D/60T |
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|
Retarder |
None |
None |
None |
None |
None |
1/2 oz |
1/2 oz |
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|
Stab |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
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|
Sub Fins |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
N/A |
2 |
N/A |
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|
Elevators |
3 |
3 |
3 |
N/A |
3 |
N/A |
2 |
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|
Fin |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
N/A |
2 |
N/A |
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|
Rudder |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
N/A |
2 |
N/A |
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|
Sub Rudder |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
N/A |
0 |
N/A |
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|
Wing |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
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|
Hatches |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
N/A |
1 |
N/A |
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|
Fuselage |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
N/A |
N/A |
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|
Cowl |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
N/A |
1 |
N/A |
First I installed the landing gear, motor mounts,
and the fuel tank as shown below.
In the picture below, you can see the silk cut
away from the four holes where the attachment screws goes on each hatch
cover. Both hatch covers are shown installed. Notice the very clean exits of
the landing gear wire.
Because of the close tolerances on all of the
holes in the back of the cowl, the epoxy had to be cleaned out and the back
bulkhead of the cowl had to be sanded down some in order for the cowl to fit
up against the firewall properly as shown below. You can see the fuel tank
fill tube and overflow tube as well as the aluminum tube for the cowl drain.
This is a good right side view of the cowl fit.
This is a good overall shot of the entire
fuselage. Tomorrow I put the last coat of clear dope on the wing, hatch
covers, and cowl and the next to last coat of clear dope on the
fuselage.................Tandy
