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Originally Posted by sepp
yesterday i prepared everything and got the cap ready so today all i had to do was make the polyester-fiberglass edges, and paint and it would be done!
but that was verry optimistic, i spent this entire hot sunday in a white overall with cap, gloves, goggles and gasmask sanding and grinding the polyester.
though it went better than last time, the result still wasn't perfect and i had to cut out awhole lot of it that was a bit loose or filled with airbubbles.
but this time i bought polyester body filler! small cans to do touch ups on cars, but i ran out of it and it was getting late so it will be for tomorrow if i get the time.
i did drove it to home and back with the cap on and the flaps open, and visibility is great! the flaps are connected to each other, and i installed a windchield wiper mechanism in it, but still need to connect it to the flaps.
stay tuned! |
sepp,a thought came to me,and you may have already hit on this.If the louvers are counter-weighted,as one would do on an airplane's flap or elevator,or the main tube of a telescope on a German-equatorial mount,there would be very little stress at the louver's hinge point,and they would require very little torque to articulate.Cap is looking great,look forward to your progress.