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From: Phil Matheson
To: 'KRnet'
Sent: Sun, Feb 19, 2012 9:27 pm
Subject: RE: KR> Canopy Frame
What type is best and should I rough the plexiglass up to get it to stick?
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I used west system, but I'm told
What type is best and should I rough the plexiglass up to get it to stick?
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I used west system, but I'm told any Epoxy will work.
BUT since I did mine, a friend who makes canopies told the Polyester resin
sticks much better to the plexi then epoxy, then you could use the epo
Peter Drake wrote:
>>I am planning on doing my canopy frame and hinges in a similar way to Mark
>>L . I noticed he attached the frame to the plexiglass with epoxy. What
>>type is best and should I rough the plexiglass up to get it to stick?<<
Yep, you'd definitely want to rough up the edges of
Peter,
Isn't the 3300 a better fit for the KR as the weight is much closer to the
VW 2180 which was the engine most used in that plane I am thinking you
are going to have much more W&B issues with the 2200.
Just use a good epoxy and definitely rough it up very rough. Nothing will
stick real
Hi
I am planning on doing my canopy frame and hinges in a similar way to Mark L .
I noticed he attached the frame to the plexiglass with epoxy. What type is best
and should I rough the plexiglass up to get it to stick?
Because of all the problems we have encountered with using a Jabiru 3300
eng
Hi
I am planning on doing my canopy frame and hinges in a similar way to Mark L .
I noticed he attached the frame to the plexiglass with epoxy. What type is best
and should I rough the plexiglass up to get it to stick?
Because of all the problems we have encountered with using a Jabiru 3300
engi
Onderwerp: KR> Canopy frame weight
KR - Friends.
We are almost finished with de canopy frame for the dragonfly canopy. Made it
from CF. Knows some body wat a reasoneble weight is for the frame.
I am just interested what we made is it not to heavy or is it very light. I
think we are about 9 pou
KR - Friends.
We are almost finished with de canopy frame for the dragonfly canopy. Made it
from CF. Knows some body wat a reasoneble weight is for the frame.
I am just interested what we made is it not to heavy or is it very light. I
think we are about 9 pounds. This is inclusief the locking me
Would anyone have a canopy frame for a plans built KR2 for sale. Thanks Brad
I need to make a canopy frame, what I am intending to do is mount the
canopy, make a frame from foam and fit while the canopy is in place, and glass
over with carbon fibre cloth. Bi directional Carbon cloth is about $60 -$70 per
metre, so I was going to use some unidirectional cloth for abo
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Subject: KR> Canopy frame
I need to make a canopy frame, what I am intending to do is mount the
canopy, make a frame from foam and fit while the canopy is in place, and glass
over with carbon fibre cloth. Bi directional Carbon cloth is about $60 -$70 per
metre, so I was going to
Chris, if you decide to use the carbon, laying multiple layers at 90 degrees to
one another is fine. If you were laying up this way over a wing for example, it
would be stronger than using bidirectional cloth. When fibers are woven in and
out to form bidirectional cloth, the fibers are actually
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From:
To: "KRnet"
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 8:49 AM
Subject: Re: KR> Canopy frame
> Just remember that radio waves do not travel through carbon fiber.
> Regular cloth works very well for that purpose and costs 5 times less and
> you
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To: "KRnet"
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 8:49 AM
Subject: Re: KR> Canopy frame
> Just remember that radio waves do not travel through carbon fiber.
> Regular cloth works very well for that purpose and costs 5 times less and
> you only have to use one layer.
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>
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>Chris Johnston wrote:> Just remember that
>radio waves do not travel through carbon fiber.
>Regular cloth works very well for that purpose and costs 5 times less and
>you only have to use one layer
>
>
> People that say this crack me up! Do radio wave
t a thought though.
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> > Subject: KR> Canopy frame
> >
> > I need to make a canopy frame, what I am intending to do is mount
> the
> > canopy, make a frame from foam and fit while the canopy is in
> place, and
> > glass over with carbon fibre cloth. Bi dir
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