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Right sponson does all the work…
Be sure to make a right and left sponson…
Sponson sleeves in place.
tube sleeves. Shove the tubes in until they
stick out the other side.
We don’t want any epoxy to get into the
boom tube sleeves.
Do the same for the 4 wood dowels.
Put the inside plate in place, being sure that
the tubes and dowels protrude on the other
side. They should all stick up above the
side plates.
Work quickly.
Put the other sponson plate in place,
aligning the brass sleeves and dowels.
Make sure that the sleeves and dowels go
through both sponson plates.
The tubes and dowels should protrude
through, and be flush with the outside plate
Use tape and small weights to hold the
sponson and allow to cure on waxed paper.
While the right sponson is curing, you can
glue the left sponson. Everything is the
same, except the left sponson has only the
two tubes.
*Make sure that the left sponson is a
mirror image of the right*
With the right sponson on it’s right (outside)
side, and the left sponson on it’s left
(outside) side,
both sets of brass sleeves
should be sticking out.
Glue the tubes and plates as before, and
weight or clamp until cured.
Be sure of this, as this is one of those
critical points.
When the sponson sides are cured, let’s do
