Finished front wing on the car (endplates to be added after setting ride height)
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- Airfoil profile laser printed on sticker paper, stuck to aluminum sheet
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- Airfoil profiles cut from aluminum sheet
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- Homemade hot-wire foam cutter cutting airfoil section from styrofoam block
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- Laminating outer skin of epoxy resin and fiberglass
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- Cutting aluminum jacking points to be laminated into the wing
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- Bending wing mounting brackets to be bolted to the nose
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- Test fitting brackets on nose
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- Test fitting, bottom view
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- Trimming front wing airfoil on the bandsaw
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- Gluing 3 sections of front wing to brackets
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- Reinforcing fiberglass skin across joints
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- Laminating end plates with honeycomb core
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- End plates cure under vacuum
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- Sanding with pneumatic double-action sander
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- Laying up endplate mounting points
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- Epoxy & microballoon filler to smooth out the spar
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- Top coat of 2-part epoxy paint
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- Car lifted by front wing
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