Projects
Planning and building a big Fiberglass Rocket
CNC Milling
The Project started with drawing up the Rocket in CAD and CNC milling all the needed moulds. The middle mould was too big for my CNC router and I had to split the mould in Z and X direction and build a strong base to support the 1,5m Long mould.
Layup
For easier assembly, I made mould pieces for a blind gluing flange. The parts are all made from Fiberglass and were all done with Handlayup. Before the Layup, the Moulds were painted with In-Mould-Coating Paint.
Assembly
All parts done. Everything was easy to glue together using the Gluing flanges. Because of accurate CNC milled moulds no filler had to be used after assembling everything.
Finishing
The Entire project was done In-House, from CAD/CAM, CNC milling moulds, making fixtures and glue flange Moulds, assembly, and Painting/finishing.
Happy Customer
The finished Rocket with the happy customer. The Rocket can be disassembled for transport and is fixed to the wall using a chain that is connected to the rocket.
Velomobile repair
Damage Assessment
The Milan had a crash and there was quite a lot of damage, here I show only the nose area but there was a lot more damage.
Sanding
all the damaged areas were sanded at the correct ratio for every layer of carbon/Innegra
I sanded away all the damage and backed up the holes with tape and larger ones with tape backed up with fiberglass to keep the shape.
Main repair
after sanding I put new carbon on the damaged parts to restore the structure.
Finished
after curing I sanded away all the not necessary carbon, restored the original shape, and then it was painted.
Result
The Milan now looks like new, weight is nearly the same and from the outside, you can't see the repair, from the inside it is also hard to see if you didn't know you probably wouldn't see it at the first look.
NBM1c - 2m Flying Wing
Foam Cores
Hotwire cut with Gravity Feed Hotwire Cutter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgyJoDhOSQ0
Preparing Cores
after Cutting, the Cores get glued together, I cut the Spar slot, glue in the Sparcaps, cut out the Elevons and Flaps, and face them, also reinforce the Leading Edge to form an Overlap between Top and Bottom Wing Skin
Layup
I prepared Mylars with release agent and painted them, I also cut all the cloth needed, skin and reinforcements, the cloth gets layed up on the mylar, and the Foamcore gets sandwiched between the two Mylars inside a Vacuumbag and cured for >16hours at ~45deg C
Drivetrain
for the Drivetrain, it took me 3 tries to get a good solution, it's a homemade Shaft with prop mount as one piece and a moulded Carbon part that I screw the motor to and press-fit a support-bearing into.
Finished Wing
it flies very nice and I am satisfied with the result, few things to improve but its a prototype...
If your more interested you can see a more detailed Build log on my Instagram page and you can also buy one of these in my shop.
Testing Moulded full foam-core Wings
Milling Fixture
Milling 2. Core Side
CNC Milled Moulds
Layup
Result