Jabiru J450 Constructors Manual
Pre-Paint>Wings>Mount flaps
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
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Working on one bracket at a time, wet an area around each bracket that is slightly wider than
a piece of the glass fibre cloth that you cut out in the “
Prepare to flock the flap brackets
” step
above, then place a piece of glass fibre cloth onto the bracket and brush it on, working down
the sides of the bracket and onto the wing, taking care to brush out any air bubbles and paying
particular attention to the curved flock join between the bracket and the wing.
Repeat this process for each of the 3 layers.
Note that the first layer should be slightly „wetter‟ than the following 2 layers.
The photos above show the second layer being applied.
Brush a layer of peel cloth over the third (final) layer for each bracket.
There will be some excess glass fibre cloth that will touch or partly cover the brown packing
tape – this will be cut off after the resin has cured.
Leave overnight to cure.
Next day remove the peel cloth and then heat the excess glass fibre cloth along the wing-to-
flap gap and cut it away carefully with a sharp knife.
Remove the brown packing tape and clean away any excess fibre and flock.
Remove the flap from the wing, taking care to save the pivot bushes and bolts, and store for
later painting.