Hi, Ed. Thank you for that nice contribution.
You're right, I should be able to get peel ply at "any glider repair shop
in France". The only trouble is, these are few and far between! So far, I
used neat Peel Ply with red tracers, leftovers from the composite workshop
in South Africa, but muy stock is now depleted. Luckily, my homebuilder's
club has a few Dacron leftovers that will do the trick for me, for the
moment (you know, the aircraft is complete, I am just making some
relatively minor rebuild, and nothing much that affects the skin anyway).
Just in case, I will make Peel Ply part of my next order with Aircraft
Spruce.
A private airstrip behind the house? Gosh! Here, it is already hard to
find a public one less than 30 kilometers away! I want your life!
Serge
"Ed Hollestelle" <e...@solairecanada.com>
Envoyé par : krnet-boun...@mylist.net
05/01/2006 17:45
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Remis le : 05/01/2006 17:46
Pour : "'KRnet'" <kr...@mylist.net>
cc : (ccc : Serge VIDAL/DNSA/SAGEM)
Objet : RE: KR> Fiberglass laying
Hi there,
I am not a KR owner but I was interested in purchasing one a few weeks
ago,
so the seller passed the group address on to me to see what this airplane
is
all about.(Looks like a beautiful airplane but a little hot for my strip
behind the house.....)
I am actually building an RV-6 after building three composite gliders.
My son is an AME (I think you call them A&P) and operates a composite
repair
shop. Please never use wax paper instead of peel ply...........
It leaves traces of wax to which nothing will bond. It also leaves a
smooth
surface, not suitable for bonding.
Leave the peel ply on until you are ready to bond the next layer, that way
you have a perfect dust, dirt and oil free bonding surface. Make sure to
remove!
There was a fatal accident a few years back (at Centralia Airport just
North
of here) during the initial flight of a composite homebuilt.
The investigation found peel ply that was not removed during the lay-up of
some critical parts!
We use the peel ply that has red tracers to make sure it gets removed.
Serge Vidal should be able to get peel ply at any glider repair shop in
France.
Ed Hollestelle.
-----Original Message-----
From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On Behalf
Of VIRGIL N SALISBURY
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 11:10 AM
To: kr...@mylist.net
Subject: Re: KR> Fiberglass laying
Ken Rand used waxed paper to do that. Peel ply is used
to avoid sanding when joining two parts, Virg
I believe it is DACRON cloth
On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 16:13:05 +0100 Serge VIDAL <serge.vi...@sagem.com>
writes:
> I bought some BID fiberglass today in a shop in Paris that sells all
> sorts
> of composites mainly for artists and designers. I was also looking
> for
> peel ply. The guy had never heard of it. When I explained the
> purpose, he
> showed me rolls of rigid plastic sheets (looking like old overhead
> projector slides). He said that's what his customers use when they
> want
> the cured surfaces to be smooth.
>
> That puzzles me. How come we don't do that? Is it because they fear
>
> trapped bubbles less than we do, or what?
>
> Serge Vidal
> KR2 "Kilimanjaro Cloud"
> Paris, France
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Miami ,Fl
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