jeanette will be bringing latches to the gathering, Virg ( no plans though )
On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 20:30:52 -0500 "Mark Langford" <n5...@hiwaay.net> writes: > NetHeads, > > A couple of people have commented about the quality of workmanship > on my > airplane. All I can say is that they were all drinking at the time > they saw > it! The reason I say this is to lower expectations at the 2005 > Gathering. > I don't want anybody looking at my wings and saying "gee, I thought > these > were perfect". They're not, and I'm not about to spend the time to > make > them that way. It's easy to look at somebody's wings and think "I > can't > believe he painted those with that surface like that", but all I can > say is > "until you've been there, it looks easy enough". > > I've spent the day sanding off several layers of Smooth Prime from > the last > of my two wings, and managed to prime the corresponding aileron and > flap. I > discovered some neat (although polyester) stuff called Ultimate > Glaze by > Dynatron. It's a two part "finishing and blending putty" that makes > quick > work of the pinholes that Smooth Prime misses. The great thing > about it is > that it's ready to sand in 15 minutes; the bad thing is that you've > got > maybe two minutes to apply it after it's mixed! If you follow the > directions and squeeze out a 3" ribbon of catalyst to a 3" diameter > circle > of the stuff, it'll cure in 10 seconds! Still, it is very easy to > smooth > onto the surface and to sand (rivaling Aeropoxy Light) and you can't > beat > the cure time. Since it's polyester, you need to sand most of it > off > (because polyester's famous for shrinkage), but that's what you do > with > pinholes anyway, right? > > I expect to prime the rest of the wing tomorrow, and call the > bodywork > "close enough for KR work". I reinstalled the canopy today for the > first > time in several years, and it's starting to look a lot like an > airplane. I > will also shoot the inside of the canopy frame soon and remove the > Spraylat > ing. After I figure out canopy latches, it'll be time to taxi > around > the neighborhood. Anybody with a neat canopy latch system is > welcome to > show it to me at the Gathering, or send photos. There's a token > update > photo (5 minutes old) at > http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/04091808m.jpg . > The thing I love about this canopy is that I can take both it AND > the > forward deck off by pulling two piano hinge pins and unscrewing the > two gas > strut bolts. In two minutes I can take the forward upper half of > the plane > off, and in another minute I can have the rear deck off. Be > prepared to see > the guts of a KR for all the world to see at the 2005 Gathering! > > Well, my 15 minutes is up, so it's back to wing sanding for me. > How's that > song go again? I guess Jim Faughn will remind us in a few days... > > Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama > N56ML "at" hiwaay.net > see KR2S project at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford > > > > > > _______________________________________ > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > Virgil N. Salisbury - AMSOIL www.lubedealer.com/salisbury Miami ,Fl
