At 10:01 PM 9/26/2003 +1000, you wrote:
>Hi again,
>Things are progressing fairly quickly here, though I've looked hard I 
>can't seem to work out wether the fuselage sides and bottom are eventually 
>covered with glass !! Doesn't seem to say anywhere.  Help???

There is a weight penalty without a significant strength gain from glassing 
the sides and bottom.

>Has anyone formed their own gear legs from multiple lay-ups of glass ? If 
>so how was it done ?

Yes. One of the web sites showed a person who created a box shaped like the 
Deihl gear into which layers of glass materials were moulded. I do not 
remember where it was, nor what material was used. Deihl does not use 
standard fiberglass and epoxy.


>Gav

Larry Severson
Fountain Valley, CA 92708
(714) 968-9852
lar...@socal.rr.com 

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