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jfgilmore
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 Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 1:55 pm Post subject: Epoxy on Trailing edges |
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Can anyone explain why the epoxy is needed on the trailing edges? I have just finished the flaps and ailerons, and the clecoed trailing edges (with dry center wedge) follow a laser line of straightness. I'm afraid that if I pry the skins apart enough (everything is such a nice tight fit now) to get the center wedge in with epoxy, that I'll bend the skins outward, and I will ruin the nice straight edge that I now have. Therefore, I'd rather not use the epoxy and just go ahead with the double-flush riveting... Has anyone done it this way? I went flying with a friend today in a 172, and there was certainly no epoxy used on the trailing edges of those wings!
Jim GIlmore, #40317
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ricksked(at)embarqmail.co
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| Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 2:13 pm Post subject: Epoxy on Trailing edges |
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Jim,
It's not epoxy, it's Proseal. It's intent is to keep everything aligned until the Proseal sets, then you come back and double flush rivet the avex wedge and the skins. Some use it, some don't, I did because the Proseal fills the gap between the skins and the wedge and makes for a nicer finish...not quite a elegant as the corrugated bent to crap T.E.'s seen on the 172.
Rick S.
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