paul stewart wrote:
> Seem to be having reasonable success with the fishing line and super fill
> technique on the flatter surfaces. Anyone got any handy tips for
> getting vaguely even layers of filler onto the highly curved surfaces
> - leading edges and taile plane tips?
I used a 1" x 4" or so strip of aluminum sheet, bent into the shape of
the LE. Bend the ends of the strip out at 90-deg, for grip handles. Be
careful about too thick a layer, to preserve airfoil shape. The first
2" is very critical as to how far back along the chord laminar flow is
preserved.
Regards,
Fred F.
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