I had the same question on the Spectre 2M. Joe Hahn
of DJ Aerotech answered this by email as follows.
>> When joining the wing halves the instructions
>> say to wrap a 1" wide piece of fiberglass around
>> the wing center section and then after this has
>> set wrap a 3" wide piece of the carbon cloth
>> around the center section. However, wouldn't
>> it be better to put the carbon on before the
>> fiberglass since that would keep the carbon
>> flatter and give more strength?
>
>You bring up a very good point, however we've found that either method is
>fine---we have prototypes flying both ways, so in reality it really doesn't
>matter.
>
>Joe
>DJ Aerotech
At 10:30 PM 7/7/00 -0700, you wrote:
>I am building a VR (Thanks to Johnny Berlin) and have
>run into a discrepancy between the written instructions and
>the plans.
>
>It is with step # 4 and #5 of the "WING" section.
>
>The written instructions say to apply 1/2 inch fiberglass
>tape over the wing joint (step#4) then the 1 1/2 wide, 1 1/2
>long carbon cloth weave (step#5)
>
>The picture on the plans show the carbon cloth weave going on before the
>fiberglass tape.
>
>Which is correct?
>
>Stephen Cheung
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