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Composite Mold making & Drag reduction video links

Kevin Sheely
 

These are great videos for composite construction and aerodynamics to reduce drag. Have paper and pencil ready because you can get info throughout the videos.

AR-5: Why it Goes so Fast (books he uses at end of video + plus info from an areo guy)

Making Fiberglass Molds

Making a Molded Fuselage

How it's Made

Moldless Low Drag Wheel Pants
Rob de Bie
 

These Mike Arnold movies are fantastic indeed.

I was blown away by his method of making thin
sandwich wing skin panels, starting with the
Rutan technique and then taking it one step
further. Basically it's very simple, but yet I
had never heard of it, or thought of it.

The build quality of his AR-5 looks very, very
good. And his patience in shaping that fuselage plug is amazing.

Very recommended!

Rob

At 14:46 04 11 2018, you wrote:
These are great videos for composite
construction and aerodynamics to reduce drag.
Have paper and pencil ready because you can get info throughout the videos.

AR-5: Why it Goes so Fast (books he uses at
end of video + plus info from an areo guy)
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxvoDbZpoY8>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxvoDbZpoY8

Making Fiberglass Molds
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5A7_oPAw9c>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5A7_oPAw9c

Making a Molded Fuselage
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qStFDcZs5Og>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qStFDcZs5Og

How it's Made
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2PX1p7nbw8>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2PX1p7nbw8

Moldless Low Drag Wheel Pants
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjOt76LcKjU>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjOt76LcKjU
Sam Hoskins
 


Thanks Kevin.  It's a lot of material, but all good.  I really enjoyed the Wheel pant design and fabrication.

The Q-2 wheel pants, as designed by QAC are very draggy and time spent improving them should gain you several knots.

Sam

On Sun, Nov 4, 2018 at 8:13 AM kjsheely1@... [Q-LIST] <Q-LIST@...> wrote:
 

These are great videos for composite construction and aerodynamics to reduce drag. Have paper and pencil ready because you can get info throughout the videos.

AR-5: Why it Goes so Fast (books he uses at end of video + plus info from an areo guy)

Making Fiberglass Molds

Making a Molded Fuselage

How it's Made

Moldless Low Drag Wheel Pants
Jerry Marstall
 

Kevin, fabulous videos.  Lots of knowledge shared.  Thx for sending.  Jerry 


On Mon, Nov 5, 2018, 3:32 PM Sam Hoskins sam.hoskins@... [Q-LIST] <Q-LIST@... wrote:
 


Thanks Kevin.  It's a lot of material, but all good.  I really enjoyed the Wheel pant design and fabrication.

The Q-2 wheel pants, as designed by QAC are very draggy and time spent improving them should gain you several knots.

Sam

On Sun, Nov 4, 2018 at 8:13 AM kjsheely1@... [Q-LIST] <Q-LIST@...> wrote:
 

These are great videos for composite construction and aerodynamics to reduce drag. Have paper and pencil ready because you can get info throughout the videos.

AR-5: Why it Goes so Fast (books he uses at end of video + plus info from an areo guy)

Making Fiberglass Molds

Making a Molded Fuselage

How it's Made

Moldless Low Drag Wheel Pants
C R
 

Fluid Dynamic Drag shows up on eBay every so often. I've seen it as part of a .PDF bundle for less than the books but I can't vouch for it's authenticity or quality. I got Drag and Lift a while back for $50 each so unless you feel like you need it that same week I'd wait for one to come up for less than the hundred it's usually a at.
David J. Gall
 

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