Composite Construction Techniques

Some YouTube videos about composite airplane manufacturing:

Aero-TV: Composite Construction -- The Cirrus... by AeroTVNetwork

Aero-TV: Composite Construction -- The Cirrus... by AeroTVNetwork

Aero-TV: Under The Skin -- How Cirrus Builds... by AeroTVNetwork

Some one time methods:

Some mold making ideas:

And some videos about using those molds:

Here are the vacuum bagging steps again. In the video they vacuum bagged it twice; once before the honeycomp was laid and second time with all layers.

• 0 - Mold (see separate videos for mold making)
• 1 - 4 layers carbon
• 1.1 - 0 layer
• 1.2 - 45 layer
• 1.3 - 45 layer
• 1.4 - 0 layer
• 2 - peel-ply
• 3 - breather/bleeder
• 4 - bagging film + vacuum
• 5 - honeycomp
• 6 - 3 layers carbon
• 6.1 - 0 layer
• 6.2 - 45 layer
• 6.3 - 0 layer
• 7 - peel-ply
• 8 - breather/bleeder
• 9 - bagging film + vacuum

("Molds should have at least 3 times more layers than parts to be pulled out of them.")

The following video from the same source is also very informative (in 8 parts).

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