Any tips for sheeting the wings on my Aerotech Phoenix?
The Phoenix kit requires that you sheet the wing with balsa using epoxy as the glue. Aerotech also recommends that you vacuum-bag the wing for the lightest wings possible. Vacuum bagging is a fairly new technique that I will describe later. The process involves preparing the wing skins, mixing the epoxy (need- less to say, the 24 hour laminating variety, spreading it on the skins with a squeegee, scraping most of it off, applying the skins to the core, then assembling everything together in the core beds (the pieces left over after the core is cut), and putting lots of weight on top of the whole thing. Oh yeah.. the wing has to be kept straight so you’d have to do this on a very flat surface. The more pressure you can put on this, the better glue joint you’ll have, and the less glue you’ll have to use, which makes for a lighter wing. VACUUM BAGGING This is where the vacuum bagging comes in. The core bed/sheeting/core assembly is put into a large bag which is sealed on all sides. Then t
