OOOOO-; As soon as Dan gets my newest pictures (that are being developed) I'll have some additional photos of the build process.--No Pressure Dan:-) --
When Dan's site comes back up: <http://kr-builder.org/ScottCable/index.html> My Turtledeck is co-cured, co-bonded and hat-stiffened. The outer "skin" is 2 plys of BID and 1 ply of lightweight deck cloth. The Hat stiffeners are fabricated from 2 plys of 3 in BID Tape. To briefly explain how it was fabricated: Created a Foam Tool Laid-up and cured the Outer Skin Removed the Outer Skin from the Foam Tool Carved the Hat Cavities into the Foam Tool Applied Duct Tape into the Hat Cavities Laid-up the Hats over the Duct Tape Applied Cotton Flox to the Hat Flange perimeter Positioned the Outer Skin onto the Foam Tool Allowed the whole assembly to cure I removed the CO-cured and bonded assembly from the foam tool last night and weighed it: 4lbs 10 oz. I still have to build the rear canopy "roll hoop", and add two more layers of BID along the bottom edge where the piano hinge attaches. Add maybe .75 - 1.5 pounds? Weights gotten from other builders RR Premolded parts thus far are between 8.5 and 9 lbs. Not premolded, Maybe as much as 11 lbs? For a weight savings of 2.25 - 5 lbs, x the moment arm aft of CG... I think I'm going the right direction! --- Joseph H Horton <joe.kr2s.buil...@juno.com> wrote: > Scott, > It has been a few years but I recall that my turtle deck from RR was around 9 lbs. This was for the 2S. ===== Scott Cable KR-2S # 735 Wright City, MO s2cab...@yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/
