Return-Path: Received: from fed1mtao07.cox.net ([68.6.19.124] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.8) with ESMTP id 2907455 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 27 Dec 2003 18:01:23 -0500 Received: from BigAl ([68.107.116.221]) by fed1mtao07.cox.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.05 201-253-122-130-105-20030824) with ESMTP id <20031227230122.ETFR14590.fed1mtao07.cox.net@BigAl> for ; Sat, 27 Dec 2003 18:01:22 -0500 From: "Al Gietzen" To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: thrust angles, and fiberglass question Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 15:01:28 -0800 Message-ID: <000001c3cccd$5c6598f0$6400a8c0@BigAl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0001_01C3CC8A.4E4258F0" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4024 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C3CC8A.4E4258F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =20 Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: thrust angles, and fiberglass question =20 =20 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. =20 Rusty; =20 If you really don=92t want to lay fiberglass; make up some filler using about 50/50 by volume microballoons and milled glass fibers with your epoxy. Get it to about the consistency of peanutbutter. After coarse sanding your ring surface, spread it on. Best you rig some sort of inner boundary so the extending material doesn=92t get more than =BC in thick. When it=92s cured; file/sand it until it=92s nice a smooth = around the outside. It=92ll get hard, and it won=92t easily chip. =20 Chances are overall you may find this about as difficult as making a foam mold and laying up glass cloth. =20 Or you can go for the ultimate solution and build a new cowl, like I did. See http://members.cox.net/alg3/CustomCowl.htm; (and thanks for the inspiration:-)) =20 Al ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C3CC8A.4E4258F0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message

 

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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.

 

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If you really don’t want to lay fiberglass; make up some filler using = about 50/50 by volume microballoons and milled glass fibers with your = epoxy.=A0 Get it to about the consistency of peanutbutter.=A0 After coarse sanding your = ring surface, spread it on.=A0 Best you rig some sort of inner boundary so = the extending material doesn’t get more than =BC in thick.=A0 When = it’s cured; file/sand it until it’s nice a smooth around the = outside.=A0 It’ll get hard, and it won’t easily chip.

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Chances are overall you may find this about as difficult as making a foam mold = and laying up glass cloth.

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Or you can go for the ultimate solution and build a new cowl, like I did. =A0See http://members.cox.ne= t/alg3/CustomCowl.htm; (and thanks for the = inspirationJ)

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Al

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