| I was concerned that the epoxy resin was very thin compared to resins I’ve used in the past and quite a lot of resin was dripping from the repair (one of the reasons I bound it) and running inside the fuselage; but nothing to be done until it had fully cured when the fuselage could be removed from the jig and the resulting strength of the repair judged.
I allowed a full 48 hours for it to cure and removed the fuselage from the jig. Although the strength of the joint seemed satisfactory I decided to reinforce it with carbon fibre tows. The joint was filled with two part filler, sanded down and a number of grooves were ground through the gelcoat until you could see the glass fibre. The tows were glued in place with cyano (superglue). |