New JAE 21 GT BUILD

[ALLAN YUEN]

Look Nice but bother your antenna on rear center plate so will get to mess oil from tuned pipe and noise sound wave so may casue loss out of control Good Luck!

 

[BobHorowitz]

Justin,

Did you laminate the parts before or after assembly? Is there any wood, or are the parts all composite? Fabulous job.

Regards,

Bob

 

[BobHorowitz]

Justin,

Never mind, I looked at the earlier photos. What is the orange twill? Is it Kevlar or what?

Bob

 

[JUSTINROGERS]

Man justin that thing is awesome I sure like the paint and carbon fiber look very impressive looks great is that one of Joes stands if that is Joes stand how do I get one thanks

Thanks John. All the black carbon is real and the green carbon is vvivid vynal. Yes that is one of Joe's stands. I have 4 of them and there awesome. One for the hydro. One for my 40 mono which is universal and two for my tunnels. And the tank is flawless!!! thanks again John

 

[JUSTINROGERS]

Look Nice but bother your antenna on rear center plate so will get to mess oil from tuned pipe and noise sound wave so may casue loss out of control Good Luck!

It's the only place i could make it work unfortunately. i tested today and it worked fine

 

[JUSTINROGERS]

Justin,

Never mind, I looked at the earlier photos. What is the orange twill? Is it Kevlar or what?

Bob

What orange?

 

[BobHorowitz]

Justin,

I'm colorblind. I thought the green twill looking stuff was orange. My wife straightened me out. I have some trouble with colors some times.

Bob

 

[JUSTINROGERS]

Sorry i didn't mean it like that. All the green is vynal wrap. All the black is real twill

 

[BobHorowitz]

Justin,

No worries. I understand!

 

[Amp Eater]

Looks great Justin, should see it very well out in the sunshine.

How sticky stick is that rap material did you do any preliminary surface prep

with epoxy or something to help keep it sticky stuck prior to application.

 

[JUSTINROGERS]

Looks great Justin, should see it very well out in the sunshine.

How sticky stick is that rap material did you do any preliminary surface prep

with epoxy or something to help keep it sticky stuck prior to application.

It's pretty sticky. So far it hasent peeled off even from the sponsons. All i did was wet sand the west systems and wipe with alcohol and heat and stick it.

 

[David Bryant]

Got the sides put on the sponsons and the bulkheads glued in

very cool build fixture/jig there.
Just curious, when you guys perform the initial alignment and lamination of the fuselage pieces (in the jig) do you first apply CA adhesive to tack everything together? Then apply epoxy? Or do you make a point to use all epoxy (slow cure to allow for positioning time)?

 

[Butch Londrigan]

Dave what I would do is put a coat of epoxy on the sides. Let sit few minutes, then wipe epoxy off with clean rag or paper towels(get Scott rags at your hardware store) this will help seal wood. Sand them once cured with 120.This is how I do it my way. I am sure there's other ways. Then I put every thing in a jig(Wax paper down first) and coat all the joints with epoxy. I use acid brush for this. Brush it in real good in the joints. I then wipe it off with your rag leaving just the joints epoxyed. Now you can weight the tub down in your jig and youse clamps on sides by the bulkheads. If you need more help PM me.

 

[Butch Londrigan]

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[Butch Londrigan]

Pic of my jig.

 

[JUSTINROGERS]

Got the sides put on the sponsons and the bulkheads glued in

very cool build fixture/jig there.
Just curious, when you guys perform the initial alignment and lamination of the fuselage pieces (in the jig) do you first apply CA adhesive to tack everything together? Then apply epoxy? Or do you make a point to use all epoxy (slow cure to allow for positioning time)?

Thanks. It's all epoxy. One coat and sand then the epoxy you use to laminate is your second and final.

 

[JUSTINROGERS]

And i personally put my first coat on the insides of every piece and let cure and then sand before even putting it in the jig. That way your first coat is done and the first coat you use in the jig is your final. It's a lot easier then trying to sand the first coat after the boat is glued together. Trying to sand in all the little places is not very easy. And wherever you dont scratch the first coat the second won't stick

 

[David Bryant]

thanks for the input!

 

[David Bryant]

Pic of my jig.

nice, and clean, jig set-up there.

And i personally put my first coat on the insides of every piece and let cure and then sand before even putting it in the jig. That way your first coat is done and the first coat you use in the jig is your final. It's a lot easier then trying to sand the first coat after the boat is glued together. Trying to sand in all the little places is not very easy. And wherever you dont scratch the first coat the second won't stick

thanks!