ZNLine Factory Enigma Build by Mark Novack

After the laminating procedure starts, we have time to get the fuse ready. We start be cleaning up the wing saddle, opening up the engine compartment, and cleaning up the nose. Since we are using the DZ in all of the Enigmas, we will open our engine compartment 16.5 cm from the nose and parallel to the nose, not the wing saddle. Remember, right thrust!!! We leave 2 cm at the front and about 6-8mm side border.

Clean hole. By the way, we use a diamond dust steel cutoff wheel from Dremel. It will not go dull cutting the Kevlar.

The wing saddle will be exactly 1cm wide on the sides, 1.5 cm at the back, and the forward portion simply smoothed and symmetrically shaped. Also, the seam at the back will be smoothed down and will be ready to accept the wing.

Note the scrap. I wanted to show what was cut away. After the cutting wheel, I used a block with 80 grit on the sides and back and then 400 grit to remove the fuzz that Kevlar always leaves.

This shot shows the forward portion. Later on, I removed a little more material as directed by the big chief, JP Zardini. No extra weight will be left on this airplane at all.

Don't forget to clean up the belly pan. Round the frontal portion, but leave enough for the hold-down screw that will go in later on. Also, open the ducts on the rear on the pan and cut away that landing gear slots which are mold marked on the gelcoat. Again, an 80 grit block along the sides to even them out and 400 grit for the Kevlar fuzzies.

OK, on to the gear. This first photo shows the gear plates. The carbon is an option, not included in the Classic Kit. So, I took a shot with both types of plates. They are 3mm ply, light ply and carbon, or aircraft ply for the plain. They shall be installed inside, of course.

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