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S&G: Anyone built and Artic Hawk kit from CLC
By:John Faas
Date: 9/27/2009, 5:55 pm

Wondering if anyone has finished an Artic Hawk from CLC??

I have been working on it for a long time. I finally decided to give up on the duct tape and drill holes and stitch it up. That is almost done.
Now I wonder if someone would comment on some of the actual design features.

Designer calls for a strip about 2 inches wided to be laid in the inside of the hull for strength. He then tells me to fill the area with thickened resin. Seems like that adds a lot of weight for what ever strenth it adds, it also seems that his idea of fillets tends toward the larger the better.

Am I off the mark that some glass would be stronger and lighter than a large fillet?

Just over thinking it again---which is why it still isn't finished.

first build by the way and the instructions for this kit are nearly 400 pages in length, lots of pictures, like 4 to 5 per page. Hope I can get into the cockpit.

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S&G: Anyone built and Artic Hawk kit from CLC
John Faas -- 9/27/2009, 5:55 pm
Re: S&G: Anyone built and Artic Hawk kit from CLC
William Cruz -- 10/1/2009, 9:45 pm
Re: S&G: Anyone built and Artic Hawk kit from CLC
Bris Paul -- 9/28/2009, 5:45 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/28/2009, 12:23 am
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Duane Strosaker -- 9/28/2009, 12:01 am
Re: S&G: Anyone built and Artic Hawk kit from CLC
Wesley Ewell -- 9/27/2009, 7:39 pm
Re: S&G: Anyone built and Artic Hawk kit from CLC
george jung -- 9/27/2009, 10:32 pm
Re: S&G: Anyone built and Artic Hawk kit from CLC
vk1nf -- 9/27/2009, 7:09 pm