Patent ID: 8568551

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a kit for a part for an airframe, comprising: applying a layup release layer to an obverse surface of a flexible carrier; compacting the layup release layer and the flexible carrier in a vacuum bag; laying down a first pre-patterned lamina in a first lamina orientation on the compacted release layer of the flexible carrier and iteratively laying down each of a plurality of subsequent laminae in a respective subsequent lamina orientation on the first pre-patterned lamina so as to fabricate a pre-patterned layup having a preselected pattern shaped to accommodate an airframe topological feature; wherein the pre-patterned layup is laid down in a predetermined orientation indexed to the flexible carrier so as to define a spatial relationship between the pre-patterned layup and the flexible carrier relative to a known fiducial location; and performing a second compacting of the pre-patterned layup, the release layer, and the flexible carrier in a vacuum bag wherein the flexible carrier and the pre-patterned layup comprise a kit for an airframe part.