Date: 03-17-2011 | |
Number of Hours: 10 | |
Manual Reference: 5-2 |
Cutting the glass for the LHS fuselage inside layup.
This needs two plys and two pices per ply of UND cloth. It requires a 30 degree bias and I layed it out on the fuselage foam sides, got the weave angle correct then taped the edges and cut. The pieces are carefully labeled with one long and one short piece and alternated long and short so the two plys are not the same. The bias goes in opposing directions for each layup as well.
I also made up a written job/layup schedule and wrote how far from each edge each pice of cloth began so I could get them positioned more easily once the layup began.
This prep work takes a couple of hours for such big pieces which then need to carefully rolled up so they unroll where I want them and then covered awaiting layup day.
Carefully rolling out the glass
Ensuring the 30 degree angle
Tape with labels