Re: RE: Prop covering jig

From: Tapio Linkosalo <tapio.linkosalo_at_iki.fi>
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 18:09:56 +0200

I have tied a depron frame, twisted in the pitch of the prop, but it
seems to me that the film gets a little loose in the middle, and the
result is not too good. So my latest props I covered the same way as
have done my wing and tails; smooth the film onto a clean piece of
newspaper, and "roll" the inverted part over the film. With prop blades,
you need to start from the root, and cut the lifting edge loose while
rotating the blade over the film, but going a little at a time and
moving the blade so that film keeps tight resulted in the neatest prop
covering I have done so far... Also crumbling the film first helps some.



-Tapio-
Received on Sat Feb 22 2014 - 08:09:59 CET