Canard Quad project... Dcell/soric sandwich

General Discussion
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This begins my “Journey of a Quad.” Ever since Oldy’s thread, i have wanted to make it happen. dreams->existence.

From death comes rebirth. My goal is to reshape an old funshape into a “skinned fish”. I have some 1/8" H80 and 1/2" H60, and have some sample rolls of Soric on the way.

Probably looking to bag the h80 to deck, with 1" H60 rails and leave bottom as glass-only. If the soric is wide enough i may consider that on deck, and h80 on bottom.

Question: Anyone here use both of the Sorics? I have both 3mm XF & SF on the way… and haven’t used either. Looking to bag it, then hand layup last 4 oz.

sandwich ingredient:

Deck

4oz E

Soric or Dcell

4oz E

old ugly clark blank, Am i better off using 1lb EPS and throwing this memoir away?

2 x 4oz E

heres the medium, not pretty:

but finally got it skinned, and its not too bad:

pretty thin, just under 2", but i figure ill be adding about 1/4" in the build. pretty floppy with stringer.

got some fins foiled out. looking to glass those tonight. made from 9-ply baltic birch (ithink) from the local “Michaels”:

special thanks to Bert’s thread on the fin layup .And even more thanks to KEEN, who hooked it up with the all the roving!

the journey continues…

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Yo Campbell,

What kind of wood are the fins done with?

Nice job mate.

No Worries, Rich

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hey halycon,

    its a 9-ply birch "Craft plywood", that is made my Midwest Products Co. Bought at local craft store.

here is a link to their catalog:

http://www.midwestproducts.com/pdf/Products_Catalog_2008.pdf

they actually have a lot of good stuff, balsa, bass, cork, plys, pvc… price list at end of catolog, nice resource.

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campbell, I bagged on some of the soric xf onto the deck of an experiment board early last year. It’s pretty cool stuff, just really heavy. I got a few yards from fiberglass fla to test it out. You can definitely beat the deck of that board with a hammer. It was so cool to freak people out with that one. They’d ask what it was, and I’d seriously bang on it with a hammer for them. Good luck with your project. I’d be stoked to find out where you scored the 1/8" H80, down there in town???

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hey drew,

i got the D-cell as a sample from a distributor. sent me about 16 sq ft each of h80 and h60.

combined with my soric sample… this build is low cost, and largely experimental.

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this is hand foiled soric& 6oz glass nice &light strong as

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My sample of Soric showed up today. Quite a deal… got a roll each of XF3 and SF, about 5 yds per roll. Might actually see if i can get my hands on the 2mm, as it “drinks” 30% less resin.

First things first, lay up some samples and see what happens…