I'm retrofitting a KR2 with DD trigear and I have a question regarding
the patching of the sizable holes in the wings (between the spars). The
netters who have chronicled their repair process on web pages seems to
follow the route of gluing foam back in the hole and laying glass over
it, as done o
Hi Scott!
I suppose this technique would work, but your glass would be
"flat" and you want to bond it to a curved surface. I suppose if
you bonded it to the wing before it completely cured, say within 1
day, it would be flexible enough to conform to the shape OK.
You will still have the
Scott Bailey wrote:
> My question is that since the underside of the wing (between the spars)
> is essentially a flat area, could I lay up a fiberglass "sheet" on a
> table that, once dried, could be cut to fit and bonded as done with
> wing skins? That way, it seems that the need to "refoam" t
As Mark said, you won't hve any stifness with just glass, unless you did a
piece 1/8" thick which you could never fair correctly. I would glue in a piece
of 2" foam and glass over it.
I am assuming that the reason for trying to do it some other way is because the
plane is not upside down. You
Kraut [mailto:brian.kr...@engalt.com]
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 2:56 PM
To: KRnet
Subject: Re: KR> Tri-gear retrofits
As Mark said, you won't hve any stifness with just glass, unless you did
a piece 1/8" thick which you could never fair correctly. I would glue
in a piece of 2" foam a
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