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Lancair Evolution in the Making

The construction process behind the smooth-flying speedster.
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Lancair creates its own molds for composite production. This particular mold is for a ve

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A heat gun is used to warm the pre-impregnated carbon fiber material that is used to cre

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Once the carbon fiber is laid up in the mold, the excess is removed with a box cutter.&n

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Each composite part is bagged and vacuum-sealed in its mold, and brought to the oven to

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Vacuum hoses on the side of the oven maintain the vacuum during the curing process. The

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The composite components are bonded together with Hysol – a very expensive epoxy that

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Fasteners hold the components together during the bonding process to ensure that the pie

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The firewall and the two large pieces that make up the fuselage are bonded together at t

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It takes Lancair employees approximately two weeks to put together the fuselage pieces i

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All of the components that go into the airplane are labeled, carefully inventoried and or

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