"One thing to remember West is not a structural epoxy. "
I am not sure what was meant to be said but there is a typo in here somewhere.
West System Epoxies are very much a structural epoxy. It is true that they were
originally designed for the marine application which can be even more stressfu
I will have to stand corrected on the West System Epoxy being used for
structure. Jerry Mauhrin said Jim Clements used West to build his wings. He is
correct ! I am very surprised I will have to admit ! I talked to Jim a couple
times today by email. Jim said he used West on his first Wittman Tai
I'll have to admit that of all the popular epoxy brands that are out there,
I have not used T88. I have for the past 15 years used West System. I have
used both fast and slow versions. I used WS when I instructed at an A&P
school on a spar project, where the students scarfed a length of 3/4 s
OK netters I guess I will step off into it.
Wittman Tailwinds do have wooden truss ribs. All Wittman Tailwind wings that I
know of in recent years are glued together with T88. I keep up with the Wittman
guys closely, I know many of them, I attend their get togethers. The older ones
used the pow
Not to say that either system is superior, 'cause I have used probably
gallons of T88 but I think that you would have a hard time telling Jim
Clement, who has built at least 10 Tailwinds, that he is using T88 instead
of West Go to the Tailwind Groups on Yahoo and Matronics and you
wil
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