I got it, Thanks all

Paul Visk
Belleville, Il.
618-406-4705


In a message dated 11/15/2013 4:03:04 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
ml at n56ml.com writes:

Douglas  Cooke wrote:

>I thought that's the foam we're supposed to be  using....the (formerly) 
blue 
>(now green) extruded polystyrene  insulation sheets that come in 1" or 2" 
>thick sheets from  Lowes.
> Am I wrong?

Without searching through the plans and  citing exact statements, I can say 
that urethane foam is certainly the  expectation, and the parts list that 
came with my plans calls out urethane  foam panels of various thicknesses. 
Page 10 of the KR2 plans certainly  calls out urethane foam in the only 
sentence under the heading of "SHAPING  FOAM".

That's not to say that you can't use other foams, as long as you  consider 
the foam-eating effects of chemicals, gasolines, and even some  epoxies.  
But 
as was mentioned, there's nothing wrong with using  polystyrene other than 
it's a seriously larger effort to sand it, and  it'll weigh a little more.

Of course the canard guys have demonstrated  that polystyrene is easy to 
hot-wire, and works well for aircraft  use.  Another upside is that I'll 
bet 
it's a lot less likely to  develop skin bubbles, due to an improved tensile 
strength of the surface,  making the glue bond stronger.  The tensile 
strength of urethane foam  far lower.  You'll be OK, and I'll bet your 
biceps 
are getting bigger  by the day...

Mark Langford
ML at N56ML.com
website at  http://www.N56ML.com
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