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jackhammer will be required to remove the canard from the jigging
table.
..... You are now ready to install the canard stiffener. That
stiffener runs along the top of the inboard canard foam cores and
across the canard center section core. This foam stiffener that you
previously hotwired out of the canard cores will be flimsy, so be
careful with it. Clean up the canard slot that the stiffener rests in
with a hard block and sand paper, so that the lamination you will be
doing will transverse the joints smoothly. The glass ribs at either
end of the canard center section will have to be trimmed back so as
not to interfere with the stiffener. The lamination schedule, as
called out in the sketch, is to layup 1 UNI first, then 2 BID, and
then 1 UNI on top for the final ply. Take your time, and make the
fibers straight. The 2 BID are laminated at 45 degrees to the
spanwise direction. Knife trim the lamination flush with the top
surface of the canard cores and let the lamination cure.
..... Next, install the foam stiffener with micro slurry. It is best
to dry fit the part first, since it may be necessary to do some
trimming, or else use dry micro to obtain a smooth fit. Don't worry
if the top of the foam stiffener projects above the top canard
surface a small amount; this can be trimmed back after cure.
..... Once the foam stiffener installation has cured, dig out the foam
as shown and install two flox corners flush with the top canard
surface. Also, install the flox corners on either end-of the canard
center section core.
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