Laser Cut Monokote

[Bill Glaze]

Ed:
Interesting; please keep us advised as to how it works out for you.  (I 
may smell a K-Factor article here!<G>)  Bill Glaze

Ed Alt wrote:

> Just an FYI, I'm expecting to get a package this week with laser cut 
> Monokote to cover the wing, as well as graphics decorations for the 
> Temptations I'm building.  There's also a set of matching laser cut 
> mylar templates for the tail, which will be masked and painted.  I'm 
> really looking forward to this, as it really seems to hold a good 
> promise of being able to do some very elaborate designs with ease.  
> Once I decided on what I wanted, it only took a night of work on 
> TurboCad to make the patterns.  Then it was just a matter of sending 
> the .dxf files off to get the cutting done.  This was the first time 
> that Northeast Aerodynamics did Monokote for a customer and John 
> Marien was very willing to experiment a bit on his own time before I 
> committed to going this way.  BTW, there are size limits to what can 
> be cut, roughly 30" square as I recall.  This should be really cost 
> effective, since John is able to cut out extra things like your name, 
> NSRCA number, AMA number etc to avoid wasting material while cutting 
> the main pieces for the covering job.
> Ed A.
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