Plywood fan Hub and concentric ring cores drying after a good soak in the bath tub to make them pliable. (does that make me a redneck? ) Drive Shaft fabrication, .156 diameter solid carbon rods laid over a foam fiberglass core. There are 68 individual rods. Wrapped around the rods there will be a layer of carbon fiber fabric, mostly to prevent delamination of the rods.
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Wow Lucrum, that's oldschool - designing/building airframe and powerplant. There were no kit planes you were interested in? You would probably have been flying much faster. At least when you hear that *thump-crack* you'll know your drive shaft, blades, turbo, or whatever came apart...because you built 'em! J/K I'm sure you'll be careful, but just in case make sure you install one of these, if you can! http://www.flyingmag.com/brs-parachute-recovery-systems
I'll be wearing a chute so I'm not going to install a ballistic recovery chute on the plane. On the Cirrus at least the BRS doesn't even "save" the plane. The airframe is considered totaled after a deployment.
Fantastic! Thanks for the updates. Do you know you can get a FAA guy to come by and take a look, and see if there are any items that they are going to have a problem with when you go for your experimental certificate? Nice to find out while you are doing instead of having to rip something apart in the end. Also, check with your local EAA chapter, they may have people who can help out and have expertise in certain areas you may not. Take it easy, and keep updating please.