Yes, I guess that would be a big piece of glass (don't take anything out of context here!). Do the plans/instructions
have any other suggested way to lay up the panels?

As far as bending the finished panels, a two layer lay-up will be quite flexible, even fully cured, and as long as you
don't have to wrap around the LE I'm sure you will not have any problems with cracking. Have you looked at the
http://www.westsystem.com/ site? Good stuff...

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"Ernest Christley" wrote in message om...
Blueskies wrote:
Me thinks the 'panels' are riveted on semi-cured because in the good ol' days when resins cured they were brittle.
These
are simply skins on the wing and they are not adhered via the resin; the resin is supposed to be slightly green to
allow
it to conform to the airfoil without cracking.

Lay out the panels on a big piece of glass and it will be pin hole free when you pull it off. The panel can be
trimmed
to size while still on the glass. How many layers of what kind of glass are used in the lay-up? How sharp is the
tightest bend?


Wow. Big piece of glass. The skins will be a triangle with 8ft sides.
The plans specify two layers of 7.5 or 10oz glass. They extend up to
the 1" radius of the leading edge, but don't actually go around it.

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