More Hydeout cheek cowls

[Lance Van Nostrand]

Hydeout cheek cowlsGordon,
It is fine,but not essential to perfectlysand the cheeks to match the fuse sides.  The Hydeout cheeks are already very close to the right curvature when you trim the flange.  As you press them into place, they will deform a small amount and conform to the fuse side.  When satisfied, tack with thick CA, then work on the fillet.  
--Lance

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Amir Neshati 
  To: discussion at nsrca.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 4:32 AM
  Subject: Re: More Hydeout cheek cowls


  I forgot, if you have disposable plastic syringes, you can fill it with the epoxy/micro mixture,
  clip the tip at an angle at the diameter you want and apply...may go over it with a small spatula
  or dip your little finger in a bit of 99% alcohol and run it over the fillet......do a practice run before
  the real deal if you haven't tried this method before.

  Amir


    I would take the flange off.......then in order to match the contour of the cheeks' base
    to the fuselage, put some stick back sand paper on the fuselage, where the cheeks 
    will be glued, then move the cheeks back and forth or up and down to sand to shape.
    120 grit should do....

    As for gluing, you can tack glue with CA or 5 minute epoxy, then come back with a 
    fairly dry mixture of micro balloons and slow cure epoxy and make a small fillet all
    around....Once dry, use a small diameter dowel and wrap sticky back sand paper
    on it to sand the fillet.....should be easy and the fillet adds about 2 grams  to each
    cheek....about 1/8" diameter fillet should do.

    Before gluing, scuff the the areas that glue will be applied to with 220ish
    grit paper lightly just to take the shine off, wipe with alcohol and smell some glue ;-)

    Take care,
    Amir



      All, 

      I'm building a Hydeout and its about finished. One of the last things I need to do is glue on the cheek cowls. I could use some advice on how others did this. The cheek cowls have about a 1/2" flange. The fuse sides are not perfectly flat and I'm dot sure how to hold them in place as they dry. So here are a few questions for those of you who have done this:

      1.) What glue did you use? 
      2.) Did you keep the flange or cut some of it off? 
      3.) How did you hold it in place as the glue dries? 
      Thanks for your advice! 

      --Gordon 
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