Carbon fiber aircraft wing ribs

[@multa765]

I admire a man who can go public with something that isn't going perfectly to plan. Alright in the end, though...

[@tlj3399]

A trick I learned doing concrete forms is to cut your plug in half, then tape it with the release tape. After the part cures you can easily pull the plug out in two pieces rather than one.

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[@oscarangelo9776]

@Torin Karter Instablaster :)

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[@oscarangelo9776]

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[@SuperYellowsubmarin]

Check out Stretchlon 200 from Airtech. This is a thin elastomeric vacuum bag, which isn't so much more expensive than the usual nylon. You will save time and wrinkles ! Keep on !

[@peteredridge9559]

Small point. Don't use bondo, ever, when making these quick 'n dirty molds. Just don't, never. Keep your materials in the same chemical family and use an epoxy+micro-balloon slurry instead of bondo. Release agents do not seem to work well over bondo, which is why Chris had a hard time popping that piece off the mold. (Yes, it would have been hard anyway because that shape always is a bear.) But apart from that small point, thanks for the great video and your talented work. Great work, Chris.

[@chrischristiansen5260]

There's no bondo in that foam plug. Hard to release cause there's zero draft.

[@peteredridge9559]

Sorry about that, it was just a knee jerk reaction to even the word 'bondo', I see the evil bondo was only in used in the templates. @@chrischristiansen5260

[@livingwiththemaias]

Hi Chris , just found your videos awesome! Why dont you post anymore videos ?

[@CameronCarter1]

Try using compressed air to remove the plugs. :-)

[@michelguet4798]

Hello ! There are no more videos, too bad it was really interesting

[@WereAllThatBored]

You can melt that foam out with Acetone. Will save you a ton of time.

[@sblack48]

I would put some shape into the web i.e. the flat part of the rib. Beads, dimples, anything to increase the rigidity while hardly adding any weight. Just like they do with a stamped aluminum rib.

[@mikep60]

I'm very interested in using carbon to build my aircraft. Knowing little to nothing about it my question is do u use fasteners to install ribs to spar? Or glue?

[@KlingbergWingMkII]

That is one of the hardest and material intense methods of making CF ribs. There are many better ways. In this case, make one large flat sandwich panel and then do the flanges as a secondary bonding operation - no molds needed. The flange material can be made easily on a piece of angle aluminum.

[@carbonfibercreationswashin7213]

Nice, reminds me of how we used to make motorcycle hugger fenders

[@0623kaboom]

if you spray your plug with something like PAM ... you will pull the stuff off easier btw

[@constechable]

Chris, can we get an update on your project?

[@michaeldautry]

Love your videos, please keep making them... Best of luck on your dream machine, I know you got this 👍

[@chrischristiansen5260]

Thanks man!

[@pereduranofcourse]

I say the same!

[@europaeuropa3673]

Can you show a spar being built? Are you familiar with the Marske spar? He uses carbon fiber rods embedded with wraps of fiberglass in a mold.

[@TheMagnum380]

Hi.I gone this way, it so hevi. God lak Chris.

[@chucvadj]

Hey Chris. How did you know how thick to make the CF part for your aircraft? I always make things thicker because I don't know for sure. Thanks

[@NotRyanH]

How did you make the plugs using a hot wire cutter, cnc machine?

[@chrischristiansen5260]

Thanks for watching! Ok once I had a good template, I traced it onto the foam sheet. I used a jigsaw to cut up to the line. I then used a drum sander to sand carefully to the line. This also ensured that the flange was 90 degrees to the rib face. A round over bit in a router finished off the corners.

[@Jack-ne8vm]

Leave a 1" diameter hole so you can use a press to push the plug out?

[@terrybaptist795]

Is tis for a propeller driven aircraft or a jet powered aircraft?

[@HighDefinitionVideo]

Good Stuff how's it going?

[@sohamdeshmukh4333]

How to make a carbon flyer wings or whole mold

[@osanshouo1684]

He is not making any more videos, so we all know by know how strong that carbon fiber was...

[@chrischristiansen5260]

because carbon fiber strength is directly related to video posts.

[@Migueldeservantes]

Would you care to share the type and kind of aircraft you are building?

[@robertmiller4969]

Chris, what happened to you and the program?

[@chrischristiansen5260]

Still alive

[@nonamecieso9506]

Is this channel death.. Rip..

[@peterxyz3541]

👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼