| This
project was started in the early 80's. It was crafted very
well, but spent it's last few years outside.
unprotected from the elements. As such, there is
some repair which will be necessary.
Most of the repair has been completed and much of it is
prepped. The worst of it is that the upper surfaces of
both airfoils are in need of new skin. The fiberglass was
"frying" in many places. I sanded all of it
off, and went through the upper layer in almost 100% of
the wing, and went through the middle layer in maybe 30%
of the area, and hit the foam core in juts a few square
inches at the aileron intersection on one wing.
All the filler has been sanded off the upper surfaces of both
the wing and canard, in preparation for replacing these
damaged skins. My plan was to install all 3 layers
new, in the orientation specified, and then do a fully
loaded static test, similar to one I've already
completed on a Dragonfly canard I repaired some year back.
https://www.angelfire.com/ca2/PanzeraFamily/YellowDragonfly3.html
The only significant difference is, the wings on the Q
can not be removed, so I planed to build a
"cradle" to support the fuselage while I stacked sand
on the wings.
The canard has the factory LS1 carbon fiber spar, the
wing has the carbon fiber spar cap lay-up schedule and glass
schedule copied from the Dragonfly. So unlike the standard
Q wing and canard where the glass skin is the total structure,
on this Q, the carbon is taking most the load. |
