At 12:58 PM 4/18/2004, you wrote: >My interest is in the Dynel - sounds like it should be a great product >but somehow it is not popular - maybe out of production? Maybe >difficult to work with? Does anyone know why?
The word on Dynel in old issues of both the KR newsletters and Sport Aviation articles is that it soaks up resin like a sponge. The final layup will be significantly heavier than glass. In addition, the final surface is not as nice and needs more work to prep it for paint. Don Reid - donreid "at" erols.com Bumpass, Va Visit my web sites at: AeroFoil, a 2-D Airfoil Design And Analysis Computer Program: http://www.eaa231.org/AeroFoil/index.htm KR2XL construction: http://users.erols.com/donreid/kr_page.htm Aviation Surplus: http://users.erols.com/donreid/Airparts.htm EAA Chapter 231: http://eaa231.org Ultralights: http://usua250.org VA EAA State Fly-in: http://vaeaa.org
