Quote Originally Posted by WurlyBird View Post
Tyler, I like the look of your fairings. I have been working on a mold to make my own. How did you make yours?

James
James,

Thanks!

I actually 3D printed 5 inch segments of the airfoil I wanted and slid them down a 3/8 tube to keep them all aligned:
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As you can see in the picture, I then hung the mold to make an easy way to drape the CF over. I layed down packaging tape over the mold followed by a little wax and never had a problem with the CF releasing after cure. The first layup I vacuum bagged:
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But I soon realized the vacuum bag was unnecessary. So what I ended up doing for a clean simple job was laying down a piece of release film, put down the CF and resin to make a sort of prepreg, and then transfer that all together over the mold and keep the release film on. The results were satisfactory.