okay so this is going to be a very in-depth video on how to put together the hydrofoil kit this is how it comes comes with these five parts all the parts are shaped sanded and ready to go it's all you really got to do is just clasp them put them together and no easier way to make a hydrofoil than this the reason these dusty vacuum parts are in front of you is because you don't need a vacuum pump to put this kit together the design works so that it can be hand laid so for the rest of the video I'm going to be showing you a hand layup the techniques that I've come up with that work well I know they work because I've been riding one for a while that I originally hand laid I do use a vacuum pump just to make things quicker when I'm making a lot of these during the summer but you don't need a vacuum pump among and I'm going to show you how to put it together without a vacuum pump so no need for the expensive vacuum pump on this build okay so the epoxy I like to use is resident research I like the fast hardening stuff takes about three hours to cure give you plenty of working time so that's the epoxy I recommend during this build I will also be using these microfibers for certain parts especially when joining the pieces together these aren't necessary but they're very helpful they make it a lot easier so I would recommend using these and you know in issues you can only buy a can about this big and I've been using the scan for about twenty files so far so instead of having you buy a lot more than you need is I'm portioning this up into single foil portions so that will also be on the website just to kind of help you out a little bit so you don't have to buy a lot more than you need and of course as always wear gloves the epoxy when it gets on your hand it's pretty hard to get off and also when working with accurate part I also recommend handling it with gloves because you don't want oil residue from your fingers getting on to your parts because then when you go to put your finish you finish in your final coat on that will give you some issues and it'll give you fish eyes so just for the most part when you're working with a glass piece always have some gloves on it'll make everything easier in the end and give you a better overall look so the glass I'm going to be using for this build is 3.7 ounce I get this from fiberglass supply this is commonly also known as 4 ounce glass but it's really 3.7 and I like to use this because it soaks through very easily and going around edges and curves it's pretty flexible and it can bend and hold those curves pretty well ok so during the build you're mostly going to see me put on the first and then maybe the second layer of fiberglass I'm not going to film every layer I put on because it's redundant it's just the same you just keep adding one after the other but I do outline exactly how many should go where and so when you get the kit this sheet of paper will come it's just simple suggestions on how many layers should go on each part and how many layers are going to the joints so keep that in mind throughout the build ok so we're going to start by glassing the wing and here's the wing here's the curved side we're going to start with the flat side just makes things easier in the end so you take your first piece of glass put it over the wing get a good border around the whole thing take some of the epoxy and poor now I'm just going to use my hands make it easier and spread it out completely wet out the cloth across the entire piece okay so now that it's wet out across the whole piece I'm going to take my second piece put it down line it up just like the first and this one's going to soak right through okay so moving on to the rear wing it doesn't matter which side you start because they're both curved so just pick a side and just like the front way lay your glass over give yourself some room pour some epoxy down and then begin to spread soak it through and just like before take additional layers place them on move them around and soak those through as well okay so both parts are now fiberglassed when you add the additional layers and now we're completely done it's good just to give a once-over and make sure there's no dry spots and that around the edge of both wings all the layers are soaked through and they are on both these parts so this epoxy it's a three hour care time so now you just wait three hours and on to the next step okay so now that the fiberglass on the underside of both these parts has cured I went ahead and trimmed it and there's many ways to do this you have a sharp box cutter you can work your way around pretty close and then you can sand or a share form like this also works great you know go around the edges clean it up and so you want to take that edge right down to right down to the wood make sure you know there's no parts where it's jutting out because that will mess up the next layers that you put on top of this okay so I've gone ahead and I've placed these little blocks that I'm going to put this wing on you can use anything really just something to get it off the ground by an inch to half inch whatever it doesn't matter and that's it when you put this next layer on you can get it to hang over and that's going to be important coming up okay so just as before put my first layer down and just as the last layer I'm going to pour some epoxy and soak it through okay so now that that is soaked through I'm going to take my next layer put it down and this is going to soak through as well and it's really that easy just keep adding your layers as the sheet specifies they'll tell you exactly how many that's really all there is to it okay so now we're going to do the exact same thing for the rear rear way just line it up poor and again just adding additional layers same as it always is place it down and then soak it through now again it is important to make sure that you have the glass going around the edge is soaked through nicely so just when you're done sometimes you can just when you see a dry spot just drip a little and then go back and work it in with your with your hands okay now it's been a couple hours and this these layers on the wing are almost cured they're a little flexible and that's the best time to do this part which is to fill in all the gaps going around all the pieces so just mix a little bit of epoxy and pour from the cup right down into the gap just a nice even bead best you can around the whole part and then once you get around it's best just to take whatever stirring stick you're using and just make sure it's down in the seam where it should be now that I've been all the way around make sure okay so I've gone around both parts lead that bead of epoxy hopefully it shows up here on the camera but yeah you can just it's perfect how it is right now but just to show you take a mixing stick and just make sure it goes down into that edge and this will fill any gaps and it will also give you a solid edge of epoxy around the whole way so when you finally trim this um you'll be able to set a nice edge a nice smooth edge around the wings it just makes everything a whole lot easier okay so the last time we saw these wings they had fiberglass all over and we had poured that rail and since then it has hardened and I went through and I trimmed just like the top layer the first layers we put on I trimmed around and then work my way down close to the edge I'm going to zoom in a minute and hopefully we'll see see the edge that we set around all the wing surfaces there is that nice edge those apart both parts and that was from that bead that we poured earlier so that is why we take the time to do that step because it really just makes everything easyy crisp and clean and just too real handy tools well I really recommend having one of these you can easily do it without but this is my go-to tool it just really takes the fiberglass down and it kind of works as a plane you can really flatten flatten the edge out quite easy with one of these so I recommend using one of these this is a really a great great tool and of coarse sandpaper when you get close to the edge with this stop don't overdo it with this because this can take off a lot real quickly and so when you get close take the time use the sandpaper and really take your time make make sure everything is perfect just how you want it and this edge is I mean it's maybe a millimeter and a half to two two millimeters that's really all you need you don't want to take it down to the wood obviously but you want to give yourself a little bit of room so if you eventually Nick it later on you'll be okay and after you trim all that you might have a little bit of that epoxy kind of just sitting on top um like right here you might be able to see it I've already sanded a good bit of it down but it'll just kind of sit on top and again just smooth smooth it out with some sandpaper and even this can work a little bit if you go lightly um yeah that is it these wings are done for now until we eventually combine them with the fuselage and put the finishing coats on them