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Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 11:11
AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: thrust angles,
and fiberglass question
Another alternative.....drive on
down to Mobile, AL and bring your cowling. Plan on spending about 4
hours here, and take it home finished. As far as cost....you can take a look
at my SQ2000 and see if I installed anything backwards or upside down, and
we'll call it even. The ball is in your court. Take care.
Paul Conner
You guys seem determined to make
me lay fiberglass, with the exception of Paul, who offered to do it for me
:-) I really appreciate the offer Paul, but since I have plenty of
other fiberglass work to do as well, so I'll just add this to
it.
Now, back to my original
question. I can't believe there isn't some sort of epoxy filler material
that will work for this. The maximum thickness is only 1/2"-5/8", so
it's not like I'm trying to fill a 2" gap. I also have to cut through
the ring on the left and right side to be able to separate the top and
bottom cowl halves, and would have to glass over the ends also if using the
recommended method. It just seems like I could sand the ring down to the
glass, and drill a few holes so the filler could squeeze through to
make a good mechanical bond. Is this just completely out of the
question?
Thanks,
Rusty (still itching
from yesterday)
Rusty, there are plenty of things that will do the
job. I had a similar problem and couldn't wait to order the light weight
stuff from aircraft spruce, so I got a can of stuff from an auto body shop
supply house. I forget the name but its a polyester resin with
fiberglass strands in it for extra strength. Its a bit on the heavy
side, but your not going to use that much.
I forget the name, but all the guys that use it call
it "gorrilla Snot", when you open the can you'll understand why. Its
made by "EverCoat".
Ed Anderson