I have a KR-2S cowl from Rand - Robinson that I will probaly offer up for
sale in the next couple months. I'm in the process
of pulling a mold off it to make one out of carbon fiber. The fit and
finish is OK but I felt the weight was not acceptable with the corvair
under the hood. Yes it does fit around a corvair with plenty of room.
I'm having a little trouble shaping my wing foam. I followed the
instructions by installing 1" foam over 2" ribs in the sections between
spars. I had both wings sanded down to finial shape and came back the
next day and the foam panels between the ribs had bowed up. I sanded to
shape again which thins the foam panel down. Came back again the next day
with humps in the panels. I'm at the point now that I don't want to thin
the foam any more so I added bulk peices of foam scraps to the under side
insde the wing to stiffen the panels before I sand them again hoping that
it stabilizes the foam panels. I don't have the problem in the leading
edge panels or the trailing ege panel, but they are thicker- more like 1
1/2" to 2" thick. The other factor that may be at work is the hanger is
not insulated and drops to the upper 60's at night and some days into the
90's.
Anyone else ever have anything like this happen to them? Or any
thoughts?
I can hardly wait to learn the sanding song. Would it sound ok with banjo
backup cause I cann't play the guitar?
Looking forward to meeting everyone in 6 days.
Thanks -- Joe Horton
On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 16:42:55 EDT goreebeth...@aol.com writes:
> I do not personally know about a new engine cowling from R.R. I am
> thinking
> about buying one for my KR2S. I do have a cowling for a KR2. It
> has an air
> inlet at the bottom center location. I did split it top and bottom
> to widen it
> to make a cowling for my KR2S. It could be fiberglassed to
> reattach. If I
> can't find a new or used cowling, I will make you a good deal on the
> one that I
> have. Ray Goree ( goreebeth...@aol.com)
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