File: D:/web/fastcomposites/vacuum-bagging-8.htm
<html>
<head>
<title>Fast Composites - Sliver - 400</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="fastcomp.css" type="text/css">
<script language="JavaScript">
<!--
function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0
var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array();
var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)
if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a[i];}}
}
function MM_swapImgRestore() { //v3.0
var i,x,a=document.MM_sr; for(i=0;a&&i<a.length&&(x=a[i])&&x.oSrc;i++) x.src=x.oSrc;
}
function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.0
var p,i,x; if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) {
d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}
if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n];
for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document);
if(!x && document.getElementById) x=document.getElementById(n); return x;
}
function MM_swapImage() { //v3.0
var i,j=0,x,a=MM_swapImage.arguments; document.MM_sr=new Array; for(i=0;i<(a.length-2);i+=3)
if ((x=MM_findObj(a[i]))!=null){document.MM_sr[j++]=x; if(!x.oSrc) x.oSrc=x.src; x.src=a[i+2];}
}
//-->
</script>
</head>
<body text="#000000" leftmargin="0" topmargin="8" link="#000000" vlink="#000000" alink="#047D47" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" onLoad="MM_preloadImages('images/sliversmall_02.gif','images/swiftsmall_02.gif')">
<div align="center">
<table width="752" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="100%">
<tr>
<td height="66">
<table width="752" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td width="368" valign="bottom"><img src="images/Logo-02.jpg" width="368" height="104"></td>
<td width="384" align="right"><img src="images/shim.gif" width="115" height="105" name="blank"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td background="images/menu-bkd-2.jpg" valign="top" height="40" class="menu" colspan="2"><img src="images/shim.gif" width="4" height="8"><br>
<a href="index.htm">Home</a>
<a href="sliver.htm" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('blank','','images/sliversmall_02.gif',1)">Sliver</a> <a href="swift.htm" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('blank','','images/swiftsmall_02.gif',1)">Swift
400</a> <a href="how-to-guide.htm">How
to guide</a> <a href="ordering.htm">Ordering</a> <a href="links.htm">Links</a> <a href="contact.htm">Contact</a>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="%" valign="top" bgcolor="#FBF5E5" class="write">
<table width="740" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="16" height="345">
<tr>
<td>
<table width="719" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td>
<p class="write"><b><font size="3">How to guide<span class="write"></span></font></b></p>
</td>
<td>
<div align="right"><b><font size="3"><span class="write"><b><font color="#CC9900">>></font></b>
Pages <a href="vacuum-bagging.htm">1</a> <a href="vacuum-bagging-2.htm">2</a>
<a href="vacuum-bagging-3.htm">3</a> <a href="vacuum-bagging-4.htm">4</a>
<font color="#CC9900">5</font> <a href="vacuum-bagging-6.htm">6</a><b><font size="3"> <span class="write"><font color="#CC9900">
</font><a href="vacuum-bagging-7.htm">7</a></span></font></b></span></font></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2"><b><font size="3">Vacuum Bagging a High-Performance
Wing </font></b></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<table width="604" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center">
<tr>
<td width="318"><img src="vacuum-bagging/inthebag.jpg" width="300" height="225" border="1"></td>
<td valign="top" width="310"><img src="vacuum-bagging/inbagwbreather.jpg" width="300" height="225" border="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="318"><img src="images/shim.gif" width="318" height="4"> </td>
<td valign="top" width="310"><img src="images/shim.gif" width="304" height="4"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" class="write">Carefully slide the assembly
into the bag. Check one more time that the cores didn't
move in the skins/beds and cover the assembly in total
with paper towel. Your bagging machine probably came
with thick, fuzzy, expendable breather cloth, but
I use paper towels because they are a lot cheaper
and easier to handle when stuffing all this into the
bag.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="318"> </td>
<td valign="top" width="310"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="318"><img src="vacuum-bagging/pullingwrinkles.jpg" width="300" height="225" border="1"></td>
<td valign="top" width="310"><img src="vacuum-bagging/suckingdown.jpg" width="300" height="225" border="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="318"> </td>
<td valign="top" width="310"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="318"><img src="vacuum-bagging/freezedried.jpg" width="300" height="225" border="1"></td>
<td valign="top" width="310" align="left"><span class="write">Slide
the assembly around in the bag so that the nipple where
the line connects is on the paper towel, but not on
the core beds. When satisfied, seal the bag off and
turn on the pump. For a balsa bagged wing with thin
skins, 7-11 inches of mercury are what you want. More
than that will crush the wing, less will not bond properly.
As the bag deflates, you'll need to pull at the edges
to get the trapped air out.</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="318"> </td>
<td valign="top" width="310"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="write" width="318"><img src="vacuum-bagging/weighteddown.jpg" width="300" height="225" border="1"></td>
<td valign="top" class="write" width="310">
<p><span class="write">Cross your fingers, place a
flat object on the cores and weight it down. Use
a lot of weight. In my case, it's a .50cal ammo
box of .223 shells, about 35lbs.</span></p>
<p><span class="write">Come back tomorrow!! </span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="324"> </td>
<td valign="top" width="406"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="324"><b><font size="3"><span class="write"><b><font color="#CC9900">>></font></b>
<a href="vacuum-bagging-6.htm">Next</a><b><font color="#CC9900"></font></b><b><font size="3"></font></b></span> </font></b></td>
<td valign="top" width="406">
<div align="right"><b><font size="3"><span class="write"><b><font color="#CC9900">>></font></b>
Pages <a href="vacuum-bagging.htm">1</a> <a href="vacuum-bagging-2.htm">2</a>
<a href="vacuum-bagging-3.htm">3</a> <a href="vacuum-bagging-4.htm">4</a>
<font color="#CC9900">5</font> <a href="vacuum-bagging-6.htm">6</a><b><font size="3"> <span class="write"><font color="#CC9900">
</font><a href="vacuum-bagging-7.htm">7</a></span></font></b></span></font></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr align="right">
<td height="33" background="images/btm02.jpg"><span class="btm"><a href="http://www.itpartnership.com" target="_blank"><span class="btm"><font color="#FBF5E5">Web
Site Design by itpartnership.com</font></span></a> </span></td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</body>
</html>