Date: 12-02-2024
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Number of Hours: 1.30
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Short Description: Cowling #52 - Lower cowl relief
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I continued sanding the honeycomb in the relief and got it nice and smooth, down to just the pink fiberglass. Since the honeycomb provided strength in that area, I needed to reinforce it, so I first filled and tapered the sides of the honeycomb circle with a flox/epoxy mix, then laid three layers of carbon fiber and epoxy in the relief and squeegeed it smoth and then applied the peel ply. Since I had some epoxy mix left over, I applied a thin layer over the area where the LPS-4 discolored drips from the prop hub. I removed the peel ply the following day to see a nice, smooth, and strong relief area.
Epoxy/flox taper in place
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Peel Ply on the carbon fiber
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End result after drying
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