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I thought about making chop strand molds that would be a one time use to vacuum form your own bodies and wings. Mostly because I can make those way cheaper than laying up fiberglass cloth.

I have a buffer with an 8" mud hog wheel on it. Is the blue foam structural as well? I feel like there is lots of threads on the foam as well.

Get a tow plane. Glide it home.

The blue foam wont melt when glassing it? Also love the nose idea. I had a similar idea.

I only wondered because the place that makes john deer parts and lots of other things made an engine cowling for an airplane he had sitting in his shop.

Buy hanger. Live in hanger. work on plane and throw plane building parties.

My wife would divorce me if I spent that much time building an airplane.

I'd have to weigh some of our chopped fiberglass parts vs our new weave parts. But yeah the old corvettes were pretty hefty. Our chopped parts were surprisingly light not that I would want to use them on an airplane.

How are they Structural?

Builder of many things. Planes, trains, car, and anything else i would like to try. Also learning CAD. CFD soon.

Do the cowls need to be weave? or can they be chopped fiberglass?

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I looked up Dennis Oelmann. He lives pretty close to me.

Sounds like high school.

I have not finished them. Might want to talk to Jon https://www.canardzone.com/profile/126731-jon-matcho/

My comment wasn't directed at anyone. Mostly just forum people. Been on forums before and I have seen people talk lots and not lots of work. I'm sorry if it came off that way.

71 bronco I built at my show. Custom cowl hood. 700 hp 73 trans for james contos 72 442 with a custom cowl hood and billet inserts A brand new skin for a 77 datsun hatch. I am building this one still. Whole car is 5 inches wider and has an all new metal front and rear end. Glass has been changed too. Ls7 80 trans am with aluminum engine covers painted by Mike Levalle https://www.thisweekinmotors.com/sema-2010-1980-pontiac-hells-ta-trans-am-protouring/ I also built the plugs and molds for anointed aero up until I moved. https://www.bing.com/search?q=anointed+aero&FORM=HDRSC1 I have many more cars i could post but you get the point. OIP.jfif

Should I post stuff I have built too?

I have to patent the method first before I go all willy nilly. I'm not blowing smoke or some Keyboard Professional. And just because someone hasn't thought of it before doesn't mean it cant be done. I don't blame you for being skeptical. More big mouths out there on the internet than dirty hands.

Yamaha makes some amazing boat engines. Seems the Waverunner engines would be an even better airplane engine. It just insane what HP numbers they can get out of a 3 cyclinder 1000cc engine. 160 lbs and 130 hp I think these would be crazy fuel efficient since you wouldn't need 130 hp to cruise. https://www.boats.com/reviews/new-yamaha-waverunner-tr-1-ho-engine-ushers-in-era-of-compact-performance/

That plane looks like it would fit me perfect. 5'8" 120 lbs

Kent While I very much do respect you and your opinion, I really do because I have always asked and listened to the older guys when figuring out how to do something, I do know there are other ways to do things. I did come up with a way to make a fast, cheap and perfect mold. Found it by accident actually when we got a kitten 3 weeks ago. And with the CNC machines and 3d printers becoming extremely cheap I think its all doable. I already 3d printed a CNC machine from my $200 printer. The automotive collision industry already has different kinds of foams that are low pressure and structural. Most of the companies are always willing to email you back. From what I have been reading and experience in building things its better to improve the process than to change what its made off. Keep the foam, fiberglass and all aspects about the plane. Just make it easier to build. Very little sanding. I believe it can be done.

I have been trying to find a company that can blow foam straight into a fiberglass shell without adding pressure to the skins. I think the ends would have to be open. Only reason doing it this way would be to save the 1000 hours of sanding it takes to make them straight. I don't know why someone hasn't come up with a better way to make the wings yet.

Dark aero uses this method for their wings. Be nice if they could do something like this for the EZ.