I guess Ken Rand didn't know what he was talking about then, even though his plans are still for sale... And Burt stopped selling his plans decades ago, so I'm thinking he knew what he was doing.
That's the nice thing about experimental - we are all free to do as we please. I have a friend with a Lancair 235. He has repaired both of his composite tanks more than once (He started flying his in the 1990's) and each time, if there would have been blue foam in the wings, it would have been gone. -dave rahu...@peoplepc.com wrote: >Dave wrote: "Now, if it was a glider or only had the header tank, yes Blue >would be good." >You neglecting the fact that every Vari and Long Eze ever built has blue >foam wings that are adjacent to the tanks built in the strakes without any >catastrophic effects that I know about. If I had it to do over I would use >the blue foam (hot wired) for all the flying and control surfaces. I think >that would prevent most of the delaminations we see with the urethane foam >surfaces. > > >Rick Human >N202RH >Houston, Texas > > >_______________________________________ >Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp >to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net >please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > >
