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Old 10-10-2018, 08:59 AM   #16 (permalink)
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I'm not quite sure how I'm going to skin it. I was thinking about maybe a layer of chicken wire strategically snipped to follow the compound curves, then glass fabric and two part epoxy resin. Once the outer skin is done then maybe the same treatment on the inside for some extra strength.
chicken wire is flexible enough you should be able to squeeze it together, instead of cutting and creating sharp little pointed loose wire ends to jab you.
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The power needed to push an object through a fluid increases as the cube of the velocity. Mechanical friction increases as the square, so increasing speed requires progressively more power.
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