How to Laminate a Foam Wing

[@MrZeek101]

Great how-to video. Alex, love how it turned out in the end. Take care

[@AJHewson1]

Thanks 😊

[@trondmjsjohnsen2640]

Excellent work - from both sides of the camera! Thanks for making the extra effort!

[@AJHewson1]

Thanks for your support 😁

[@basemandog]

Trying to decide weather to build a wing, or just buy a crash test hobbies assassin. This wing looks fantastic

[@basemandog]

Thank you for sharing great contest

[@doningram3978]

Alex, what are the materials used in the video? in particular the adhesive & filler for the spars & also the thermal laminating film including thickness. Nice result.

[@AJHewson1]

So this was just a covering video, but the spars were 3mm fiberglass rods, glued in the brown Gorilla Glue. The filler is some 3m Scotch 3542BA which is time-ex aerospace product. I mentioned in the video that the laminate was A2 laminating pockets of 80mic thickness.

[@doningram3978]

@@AJHewson1 Thanks for the update, it provides a useful process.

[@basemandog]

Also, what about painting BEFORE laminating? I have not laminated anything yet but am going to on my wing build

[@AJHewson1]

I have done this before, and it does work, but you lose boldness of colours

[@Ghettogamer666]

Do you have the measurements or plans to the size and shape of wing? I'm having trouble trying to find measurements for a wing.

[@AJHewson1]

The foil is a PW51 and span is 1200mm. I can get you the root and tip chord and sweep angle

[@Ghettogamer666]

@@AJHewson1 thanks that would be helpful.👍

[@AJHewson1]

@@Ghettogamer666 root chord is 340mm. Tip chord is 180mm. Sweep back is also 340mm from nose to tip

[@Ghettogamer666]

@@AJHewson1much appreciated thank you 👍

[@feltav5719]

What are the benefits of it over the packing tape which has always seemed like a lighter options on my thermal wings but never gave it any REAL strength... but it weights next to nothing. That foam sounds pretty dense too though. Given the wind speeds in Chch area I understand how you wouldnt worry about weight though lol

[@AJHewson1]

The benefits are that it’s one piece, rather than lots of overlapping pieces which helps in torsional rigidity a huge amount. You can get it in varying thicknesses depending on the desired strength and weight required. The foam is about 25kg/m2 density.

[@feltav5719]

@@AJHewson1 not bad. what was the AUW in the end bro? This is Felipe from Brazil... met you in 09... now living between Cz and U.S!!! god bless you man

[@AJHewson1]

@@feltav5719 hi mate! I’m just jumping on a plane to LA this afternoon This wing weighs 835g RTF

[@feltav5719]

@@AJHewson1 omg... what you doing at commie state bro? I have small pieces of land in a few states.. at the moment Im in Cz... will come to the u.s in July again. California has some amazing flying spots... that is some weight huh? I built a hollow one that weights amazing 240grs... but I added ballast slot to it ... I can add up to 500 grs and it still flies amazing.

[@AJHewson1]

@@feltav5719 coming over to fly with some friends and likeminded people

[@peteryoussef8263]

Great Build. What is the thickness of coroplast you used in elevons

[@AJHewson1]

5mm for this one

[@ARGON023]

PLEASE spare these plants.