Feb
10
Thrust Duct Progress
February 10, 2007 | | Leave a Comment
This week we’ve made some significant progress on the thrust system. We got the two pieces of 1/8" plywood glassed together around the circular form. We need to cut them to length now and close the duct. Also yesterday we got the back side of the 2" foam completely glassed. We will cut them to length next week and begin to shape to the proper air foil shape. Currently I think we’ll try to hot wire the large majority of the shape using a table and the clamped hot wire bow at the right angle. We’ll have to rig it like a router table or something to get it to follow the radius correctly. It will be interesting to see what we come up with. Progress is definitely being made though.
