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| Design fin can | Approx. Time Required | Number of People Required | Notes | |
| Fin Design & Manufacturing | 36 hours | The more the merrier. | Manufacturing procedure and detailed breakdown described in "Hermes 2 Fin Design & Manufacturing" | |
Design/make jigs | ||||
| Root bond jig | ||||
| Fillet jig | ||||
Tube preparation | ||||
| Sand tube | ||||
| Tube layup | ||||
| Root bond | ||||
| Root fillets | ||||
Layup preparation | ||||
| Lasercut Laser-cut CF cutouts | ||||
| Spray-glue to wax paper | ||||
| Sand fillets | ||||
| Prep vacuum materials | ||||
| Layup | ||||
| Wet plies/weighweight | ||||
| Layup | ||||
| Apply Put on vacuum bag materialsbagging | ||||
| Vacuuming | ||||
| Oven Cure | ||||
| Set up oven/vacuum materials | ||||
| System 3000 Follow epoxy cure cycle | ||||
| Remove vacuum materials | ||||
| Clean up edges (Dremel/sand) | ||||
| Static load test | ||||
| Design/build jig | ||||
| Determine testing loads | ||||
| Static load test | ||||
| Analyze data | ||||
| Post-processing | ||||
| Sand fillets/outside | ||||
| Outer fillets on low spots | ||||
| Paint |
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