Duct and Rudders

The big 950mm duct arrives and gets mounted, plus the panels behind it and a pair of full size rudders. This is where I went off the plans.

  1. Part 1

    The duct arrives, plus the splitter plate

    Wooo hoo I got my duct and its a sexy looking beast hehehe.After talking to my duct supplier I found out that the duct has reinforcement...

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  2. Part 2

    Building the duct mounts and rear panel

    The rear panel that I'm going with is not what the superwedge usually has and like I said earlier it's cause I have to allow for...

    6 photos
  3. Part 3

    Cutting the duct in and glassing the panels

    I have now fibreglassed the rear duct panels with two layers of glass on the inside seams and one layer on the outside seams. I have...

    6 photos
  4. Part 4

    Air diverter panels and getting the duct round

    This is one of my air diverter panels finally put in place. The panels I fitted here are in a V shape and go from the...

    6 photos
  5. Part 5

    Making and mounting the rudders

    Here is what my rudders look like, they are an aero foil shape and are made completely from fibreglass so they are nice and light. Once...

    6 photos