Covering the razor back.

[aviator79]

I'm going to do this tomorrow, hopefully with the one-piece method. I have heard that with a 225 iron and patience, it can be heat formed to follow the contour. Does anyone have any tips or lessons learned to share before I dive into the breach?

[Esser]

Lessons learned: do it in the two piece method especially if you are short on fabric.

I tried to do it in one and wish I had gone to two from the get go. The only difference I would do is make each of the two pieces be the side pieces of the fuselage at the same time.

If you want to try it, go for it! I know people have pulled it off. I wasn’t one of them.

[AirFox]

Hay Brian, I did a write up on how I did it with 1 piece on my build page. Looks nice without all pie shapes cut into the seam on the razor back. I'm still really happy with it after 4 years. Good luck.

http://www.teamkitfox.com/Forums/sho...?t=4013&page=6

Scott

If the link doesn't work go to page 6 of Noble Build.

[aviator79]

Hey Scott, did you heat-form at all, or just pull through fabric back to the corners once the top, front, and partial sides were glued? Did your first two attempts result in scrapped fabric? I might have enough for two attempts.

[aviator79]

I'm going for it. Only the super-hard part left to go! It looks to me like it's going to work though. I hope so, because I may not have enough fabric to try again.

It is definitely too soon to spike the football. I'll post again when the fabric is either shrunk or torn off and burned.

[Tom Waid]

My pictures are here.

When heat shrinking the razorback remember that ever square inch of the fabric has to be touched with the iron. This means working it into all the folds. With patience the folds will disappear.

[efwd]

I can already tell your going to be fine. Your even going to like the way it turned out.
Eddie

[aviator79]

Well, I don't know.

It looks fine, but it took all the shrink to get the slack out, and the fabric feels looser than it should in the curve. Has anyone else experience this? I'm thinking about getting some more fabric and trying again. I don't want it to flutter in the slipstream.

Before shrinking:






After shrinking:

[Esser]

I didn’t like the “feel” of the tension on mine either when I was trying it. Looks like you had a good first try!

[AirFox]

Nice work Brian! Don't forget to order some Bias tape for that transition. You will also use it for the top of the Vert, Horiz and Elevator. You are going to be happy with those results.

Scott