As a Customer of Fiber Glast I highly recommend their fiber glass and carbon fiber selection.
I’m not an affiliate for them but wanted to let the readers of the web site and Composites book know about it.
Hopefully this will aid in your Composites project.
Use GELCOAT18 at check out.
https://www.fibreglast.com/index
Spencer
learn more at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normalization_(sociology)
Laser level projectors can be a valuable tool on aircraft and car builds.
This unit from Tacklife is truly impressive, it runs on common AA batteries and can be tri pod mounted via a standard 1/4″-20 thread.
Here i am using a laser projector to align (left to right) my tail wheel spring socket for bonding.
A great video from Tucker Gott, flying over an Aircraft grave yard in his Paramotor.
If your into low and slow aviation videos his channel is worth checking out.
He also has a web page at: https://tuckergott.com/
Compared to general aviation, with paramotors you can own an aircraft under the cost of a car and store it in an apartment closet. Does not get easier than this.
Great airspace map for General aviation & Drone pilots
Excellent article from Fiberglast on achieving a class A surface finish on your composite parts. Click on the picture above to read the article on their site.
https://www.fibreglast.com is one of my main go to Composite suppliers, with a good selection, prices and material handling.
One of my favorite Aviation movies was the Rocketeer, it’s a well done & original comic book movie, 2 decades before Marvel & DC flooded the market with big budget movies.
This is a picture of my poster going out to the shop, I find it inspirational & the date reminds me of simpler times.
I got the frame from Michaels Crafts but it can also be purchased from Amazon
The original movie poster was an Art Deco styled version and has become quite collectable. To help the movie get better traction they came up with a 2nd version that featured the main actors including the main box office draw Timothy Dalton, who was the current 007 before he was replaced in 1995’s Golden Eye.
Fun things you can do with composites:
Build ridiculously strong stuff
Take on what ever contour you want with hand pressure (no “ca-gillion” dollar metal mangling equipment)
Vacuum bag in your garage to near 1 bar
Easily achieve class A surfaces
Make complex brackets
Make composite rotor blades for your RC auto Gyro
Fix your Corvette
And much much more
This book has a broad range from Beginners to Seasoned Composite Designers & Fabricators.
Composite Construction can be an Idea Fabrication method for:
•Aircraft
•Cars
•Motor Cycles
•Boats
Work with a construction medium that will do want you want it to with out an up-hill battle to gain every inch.
Easily Achieve Complex Structures with minimal Tooling & Facilities.
In this book you will learn about:
•Shop Safety
•Tools
•Raw materials: (Fiberglass, Carbon, Cores, Films, Fillers, Inserts)
•Jigs / Fixtures & Molds
•Wet Layup & Prepreg
•Kitting & Flat Patterns
•Bonding & Joining
•Finishing
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