More on Fiberglass
One thing that was very difficult was cutting and shaping the glass. I found out that they make fiberglass tape. That was an AWESOME find. Reinforcing the edges went much better. I got the 2″ tape and you just cut to length, wet and layup. It took 4 layers to make the 1/16″ that was needed to beef up the edges.
Ok, on to the strips. The instructions want you to add some aluminum strips…so I made them in the last post. Now it is time to fit them. Like everything aluminum, fit, match drill, debur…etc.
Its just a matter of lining them up and drilling. Next comes the nut plates. Well…I knew things were moving to nicely. I forgot to order the 76 nutplates and screws. So I went and did that and then resumed tonight by mounting the strips. Nutplates are a time consuming project. Spent all day today getting one side of one tip done.
