X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com X-PolluStop-Diagnostic: (direct reply)\eX-PolluStop-Score: 0.00\eX-PolluStop: Scanned with Niversoft PolluStop 2.1 RC1, http://www.niversoft.com/pollustop Return-Path: <13brv3@bellsouth.net> Received: from imf21aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.69] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3c4) with ESMTP id 864719 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 11 Apr 2005 08:56:26 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.69; envelope-from=13brv3@bellsouth.net Received: from rd ([65.6.194.9]) by imf21aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.11 201-253-122-130-111-20040605) with ESMTP id <20050411125541.NAAJ2063.imf21aec.mail.bellsouth.net@rd> for ; Mon, 11 Apr 2005 08:55:41 -0400 From: "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: SQ2000 flying again Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 07:53:55 -0500 Message-ID: <011a01c53e95$8523c3d0$6101a8c0@rd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_011B_01C53E6B.9C4DBBD0" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_011B_01C53E6B.9C4DBBD0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Did you see Richard Sohn's trick for making a fiberglass tube at Shady = Bend? Basically you overfill a section of an inner tube with sand. Once filled = you can bend and shape it. Glass it. Remove the sand. Peel out the inner = tube. Bingo. A perfectly smooth fiberglass duct of the correct dimensions and shape. =20 =20 Hi John, =20 I heard about that, or read it somewhere, but never got around to trying = it. Seems like it would need to be attached in place on the engine to make = sure it was in the proper shape, but I don't have room to work around all the other stuff to try to glass it there. =20 =20 Now I could fill the hose with Sakrete and sand, then put some water in = it before putting it in place. Once hardened, you could take it away, and glass it on the bench. Of course you'd have to put a couple layers on, = then cut it apart to get it off the concrete tube, but you could easily put another layer on it go glue it back together. =20 =20 Maybe I'll just keep putting this off :-) =20 Cheers, Rusty ------=_NextPart_000_011B_01C53E6B.9C4DBBD0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
Did you see=20 Richard Sohn's trick for making a fiberglass tube at Shady Bend? = Basically you=20 overfill a section of an inner tube with sand. Once filled you can bend = and=20 shape it. Glass it. Remove the sand. Peel out the inner tube. = Bingo. A=20 perfectly smooth fiberglass duct of the correct dimensions and = shape.  
 
Hi=20 John,
 
I = heard about=20 that, or read it somewhere, but never got around to trying=20 it.   Seems like it would need to be attached in place on = the=20 engine to make sure it was in the proper shape, but I don't have = room to=20 work around all the other stuff to try to glass it there. =20
 
Now I could fill=20 the hose with Sakrete and sand, then put some water in it before putting = it in=20 place.  Once hardened, you could take it away, and glass it on the=20 bench.  Of course you'd have to put a couple layers on, then cut it = apart=20 to get it off the concrete tube, but you could easily put another layer = on it go=20 glue it back = together.   
 
Maybe I'll just=20 keep putting this off :-)
 
Cheers,
Rusty
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