KR> 45 degrees VS. lengthwise

2008-10-12 Thread bdazzca...@aol.com
HI NETTERS,    I was just curious what would happen if you were to fiberglass a foam fuselage lengthwise instead of 45? It looks like ot me that Eduardo from Chile has gone and fiberglassed his fuselage lengthwise versus 45 degrees. yeah I was just curious if there could be anything bad tha

KR> 45 degrees VS. lengthwise

2008-10-12 Thread Ron Butterfield
On 1/3/07, bdazzca...@aol.com wrote: > > I was just curious what would happen if you were to fiberglass a foam > fuselage lengthwise instead of 45? If you use regular bi-directional weave cloth, run at 45 degrees to whatever, both length and width stresses have to cross every fiber. When the clo

KR> 45 degrees VS. lengthwise

2008-10-12 Thread pe...@heroic.co.uk
> On 1/3/07, bdazzca...@aol.com wrote: >> >> I was just curious what would happen if you were to fiberglass a foam >> fuselage lengthwise instead of 45? In cloth covering, 45 biased tape is used around edges for the simple reason that it has more longitudinal give, for example leading edge tape.