Tuesday, May 27, 2014

First Gluing

I've taken the first big step toward putting the hovercraft together. I've cut up almost all the foam I have so I guess it's time to glue it together. I got the glue out and laid the bigest flat pieces out in the garage and go to gluing.  Here's a timelapse of the process.




I only painted one side of the foam using i think about two sets of pumpings. I just wetted the surface like we did in the test case. But the test case was so small that the surfaces mated together very well. In this case I suddenly noticed quite how non flat the floor of my garage is. There are several cracks. I tried to do the active section not over the cracks. 

I also ended up using practically everything heavy in the garage. Unfortunately I don't have a couple extra sets of wheels lying around that would be a nice addition.  

First set of weights

Adding more weight 
A view from the other side with even more
You'll note as time went on I kept adding more weights since I could feel the foam not bonding.