-------------- Original message from Ernest Christley <echristley@nc.rr.com>: --------------


> Lynn Hanover wrote:
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-qSl0yQ4pY
> >
> > Here is a film of a Dyke flying, if you have never seen one. I have the
> > plans and have welded a bit on one but never had the nerve to start to
> > build. I have a BD-4 kit.
> >
> > Did you make a set of molds for your cowl. Or is the buck the cowl?
> >
> > Lynn E. Hanover
> >
> >
> The buck is it. In the top pictures, I have the top and nosebowl done.
> Yesterday, I got it propped up on one side to do the bottom half. The
> buck is blue, because tape, which I'm using as a mold release, would not
> stick to the lightweight spackling that I used to shape the mold. The
> blue was the ugliest re-decorating leftover that was in the basement.
>
> So far, this is probably the best composite work I've done. I got
> rip-stop nylon from Wal-Mart. They had 60" wide for $1/yd. After three
> layers of 8oz glass and then the peel ply, I laid on an old sleeping
> bag. Having older kids does have its benefits. This bag had a Batman
> motif. That could have possibly been a benefit. Not sure.
>
> I stuck the end of my shop-vac on it, the tip covered with a piece of
> corrugated cardboard. The vac will suck the thin plastic in if you
> don't do that, but it will suck plenty of air through the cardboard.
> Covered it all with 2mil plastic. Taped the edges down with packing tape.
>
> You need to use a wet-dry vac for this. Many vacs use the sucked air
> for cooling. My wet-dry shop vac has separate vents for this. I
> switched the vac on and let it sit for about 1.5 hours. I'm using MGS
> epoxy with the fast hardener (the slow hardener cost to much to ship for
> the small jobs I have left), so 1.5 hour is enough to get a set
> analogous to hard taffy. Went and watched the Iron Man movie.
> Question. Would one need a multi-engine rating to fly with hand
> thrusters? Hmm? Inquiring minds want to know. Came back, turned the
> vacuum off and went to bed.
>
> Pulled everything off the next morning. The sleeping bag is usable
> again. The rip-stop peel-ply came up easier than anything I've ever
> used. It was just as hard to pull off, but it didn't come apart as I
> was pulling it. Once it was all exposed, I was VERY happy with the results.
>
> OK. I'll stop rambling now.
>
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