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Ed told me at the Mid-Atlantic flyin that I wasn't sending enough
pictures to the group. So as not to be reticent in my duties 8*), this
is what I've been up to. The belly is covered in fabric, and the
fiberglass front "breastplate" will support the landing lights and the
intakes for the oil and half the water cooling. The top of the wheel
wells will be the bottom section of the exit duct.
I've got a long weekend to finish the breastplate and get the fuselage
turned back over. The middle section of the cooling duct will be
constructed of fabric stretched over support members. That should go
quickly (glue fabric, stretch, shrink with iron to 300 degree, add just
one coat of PolyBrush for seal and fire retardant). Then I'll make a
fiberglass mating section to smoothly join the rear of the oil cooler
to the front of the fabric portion of the duct. Then there will be
another fiberglass section to take the air from the rear of the fabric
section and dump it as smoothly as possible back into the freestream
through a set of gills.
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----===<{{(oQo)}}>===---- Dyke Delta Builder |
o| d |o www.ernest.isa-geek.org |
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