Thanks for the responses... its good to hear of Danny Livingstone's EPS
aircraft. Many of the responses related to cost or the sanding ability of this
material. You are correct, EPS is very difficult to sand to shape due to it's
make-up. I wouldn't think of trying to sand it to shape, howev
I am contemplating the use of white EPS for tail feather construction.
A KRnet search revealed no entries related to expanded polystyrene foam for use
in KR construction. I found several entries on extruded polystyrene foam colored
blue, pink or green in 2lb density. Has anyone used the 1lb wh
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Objet : KR> Expanded polystyrene foam
I am contemplating the use of white EPS for tail feather construc
"Has anyone used the 1lb white foam? Hot wire cutting requires only
light
sanding with 220grit to remove the hairs and requires no micro filler."
Allen,
I have used this foam for non structural components like fairings,
turtle decks, etc. and it works fine for that. However, I haven't used
it
Is it fuel resistant, Virg
On Wed, 9 Aug 2006 10:07:55 -0400 allen_h_b...@notes.tcs.treas.gov
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> I am contemplating the use of white EPS for tail feather
> construction.
> A KRnet search revealed no entries related to expanded polystyrene
> foam for use
> in KR constru
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Subject: RE: KR> Expanded polystyrene foam
"Has anyone used the 1lb white foam? Hot wire cutting requires only
light
sanding with 220grit to remove the hairs and requires no micro filler."
Allen,
I have used this foam for non structural components like fairings,
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> Hi Allen,
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> Danny Livingstone from Sasolburg, South Africa, build his entire KR2
> using this foam wherever foam was required.
The conventional wisdom is polystyrene foam is unsuitable.
Whilst polystyrene easily hot wires, shaping the stuff is difficult, from
my experience it tends to pill
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