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Richard Pike
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Location: Blountville, Tennessee
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 Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 8:47 am Post subject: FSII covering continued |
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Since some of the Kolbers asked for me to post pictures of the ongoing repair job, here is the fuselage covering in it's almost finished condition.
Something I learned last night is how to get rid of those annoying little brown bumps of sharp or prickly glue that form along the tubes after you work the fabric down smooth with the hot iron. Just go over them quickly with the brush full of MEK, just enough to wet the surface, and then rub them with your fingers. They either smooth down or rub off.
Richard Pike
MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
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| This is a piece of 1/16" plywood predrilled for the data plate. It is glued to the inside of the fabric. It will get reinforced across the outside with tape. |
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| Here you can see where the data plate will go, and also the silhouette of the storage area. |
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| This is how it looks inside after the inner covering of fabric goes on. |
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williamtsullivan(at)att.n
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| Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 9:31 am Post subject: FSII Covering continued |
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Keep the reports coming, Richard. You are progressing nicely. What weight fabric are you using on the cage?
Bill Sullivan
Windsor Locks, Ct.
FS 447- Can't do Stits on the cage until spring.
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Richard Pike
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| Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 10:14 am Post subject: Re: FSII covering continued |
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Using 2.7 oz. Stits on the fuselage because we had some left over, and because the fuselage gets the most abuse. Used double thickness on the floor where you might put your feet and weight getting in or out. Using the last of the Poly-Tak to attach it.
The rest of the airplane will be covered with uncertified 1.6 oz. dacron, attached with Certified Coatings Sure Seam cement and then the tapes and any doping overlaps etc. will be with Certified Coatings nitrate dope.
Then it all gets painted with latex. We are going for minimum weight and minimum expense this time around.
Richard Pike
MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
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| Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 10:31 am Post subject: FSII covering continued |
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Richard- Is the FSII experimental class? I wasn't aware that you could put 2 full layers on a wear surface. How much weight difference between that and an aluminum floor plate? By the way, how is Ed doing?
Bill Sullivan
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Richard Pike
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| Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 11:59 am Post subject: Re: FSII covering continued |
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Ed is pretty much back to normal, his ankle is still swollen, but he is getting around ok.
Yes, the FSII is Experimental. In it's first life it weighed 488 with the 582 and all it's other assorted bells and whistles. (transponder, full day and night vfr, bulletproof lexan floorboards, funky gap seal, etc) This time around, we are hoping for MUCH less. It flew great before, can't imagine what it would do if it was much lighter, but we plan to find out.
What I did to double layer the floor was just to apply one layer of fabric and shrink it, iron the edges smooth around the tubes and then put a couple coats of glue over the edges. Then laid another piece of fabric over the first, glued the edges just like any other, just like when you lay the overlap from the upper surface fabric of the wing over the fabric of the lower surface of the wing.
Then iron it and shrink it tight, and then lay the dope into it. The dope will bond the two fabric pieces together and give you a flexible but very strong surface. Then when you lay some floor carpet over it, you're good. Not sure what it weighs, but I would guess less than aluminum, it's just two layers of fabric and some dope.
Richard Pike
MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
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