Rowan and Duncan were only visiting for a couple days so we needed a simple project to apply fabric. We chose the left hand aileron. We used 2 scraps of Poly Fiber fabric from the wings. They pinned and sewed them together to make a blanket big enough to wrap from trailing edge to trailing edge. The seam runs down the middle of the spar. Each got to do half of every operation.
They cut the piece to size.
The fabric was glued, with Ploy-Tak, to the trailing edge and tip bow. To avoid fabric Build up on the inboard end we wrapped the lower fabric around and glued it to the upper side of the 2" root box. The upper fabric is glued over the lower and trimmed off at the corner. This way there is only one layer of fabric on the root end.
Once the glue was dry, on the lower fabric, they glued the upper fabric to the top and bottom of the trailing edge, root box and tip bow.
We let the glue dry overnight before they shrunk the fabric at 250 degrees and then 350 degrees. They learned hot irons are not dangerous unless you touch the hot surfaces, which they didn't.
It came out real nice. Now I'll need another warm day to get the Poly-Brush on, etc.
Thanks Guys!
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