Building the rear wings

[Ayles]

Lots of good points here! I got an order of nylon hardware and carved up some closed cell foam to fit. Also made a template for the carbon fiber mounts and cut some fiberglass veil to reinforce where the mounting holes will be drilled.

Might as well dive in!

[T.S.Davis]

The last set of tail feathers I did I built them out of wood with layers of carbon. Sort of a hi-bred composite kind of thing. Strong as a brick poop house. Used nylon 440's to attach to the plates at the deck. Crashed......made an absolute mess of course.

I like Randy's thinking. Set them up so they can come off without wrecking themselves or the boat. Just enough to keep them on while racing.

[1coopgt]

What I do is when you drill your holes use a 3/32 drill bit. Get round tapered Tooth picks. Take one in each hand and from each side of the feather push the tooth picks intill they stop, you have to push hard to wedge them in. then use wire cutters and clip each side. Then do the other three holes the same. They will stay in the wing untill a crash, they will break away no harm to the Feather or mount.

Randy do you have pictures so that we can see what your describing. I tend to be very visual . Pics help.

[RandyatBBY]

Randy do you have pictures so that we can see what your describing. I tend to be very visual . Pics help.

I will get something for you asap. The boat is in the attic and not sure when my son will be over to help take it down.

[1coopgt]

Randy
Don't worry about it bro . You don't have to go out of your way to take the pic's. My Hydro is a multi year project . LOL. So no hurry. If you remember some time great if not that's cool too.

[Ayles]

I went for it last night and epoxied the halves together with a chunk of closed cel foam in each. Used gflex with a little filler. Once the cure time is done these are goint to need a bit of sanding since they dont fit perfectly together, but it’s probably not going to take much.

[1coopgt]

Looking good.

[Ayles]

Ended up needing a bit of filler on the exterior of the seems. I think they turned out well considering I don’t know what the heck I am doing :)

[Ayles]

Whipped up some carbon fiber mounts for the rear:
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[RandyatBBY]

I felt steady enough and went up on a step ladder and took some pictures.
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I could not get my son over long enough to get it down.

Funny I took the pictures with the camera all the same. Some how it flipped loading to the site.

[1coopgt]

Looks good thanks for the pics . Stay safe. Don't want you getting hurt on my account.

[phil t]

You can get foam core ready to mount wings from me too.

https://www.philthomashydros.com/news/1-8th-scale-rear-wings/

[Ayles]

Those do look nice!!

Do you have a wing support kit?

[1coopgt]

Those do look nice!!

Do you have a wing support kit?

Asking the important questions.

Thanks for the Link to your site Phil!

[phil t]

See the wing setup page all the parts on there