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12-15-2017, 11:28 AM
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Fiberglass for newbie videos
Are there any good instructional videos for doing fiberglass work on the horizontal stabilizer and/or vertical stabilizer/rudder. I am working on a RV-14 and have saved up all the fiberglass work until now. I plan to learn on the tail sections then move directly to canopy fairing (I have watched the vans videos on this).
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Ken
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Ken Stockman
Midland, MI
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RV-14a (serial number 140073)
N73XP
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12-15-2017, 11:30 AM
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There are a tons of generic videos on YouTube ... I got the West System (on several recommendations) and just started some fiberglass work, it's not scary at all, frankly it's very forgiving and easy to fix mistakes ... I kind of like it!
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12-15-2017, 12:12 PM
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Being scared of fiberglass is like being scared of girls...you get over it.
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12-15-2017, 04:36 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DanH
Being scared of fiberglass is like being scared of girls...you get over it.
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That's an LOL moment if I ever saw one.    
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12-15-2017, 04:58 PM
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Vans
Check the Vans website. I used their RV14 videos to do my canopy fairing and it came out most excellent.
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RV 7A RV #9700 May 2017
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12-15-2017, 05:13 PM
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Just wondering how to do the joints where the permanent fairs attach. Just epoxy (w micro balloons) or is fiberglass mesh used there so that cracking does not occur.
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Ken Stockman
Midland, MI
EAA Chapter 1093 member
FaceBook Page: Ken's RV-14
RV-14a (serial number 140073)
N73XP
Plane at hangar and the wings ON.
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12-15-2017, 05:41 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DanH
Being scared of fiberglass is like being scared of girls...you get over it.
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I got over the fiberglass but girls... still working on it 
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12-15-2017, 05:45 PM
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12-15-2017, 10:49 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bavafa
I got over the fiberglass but girls... still working on it 
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The difference--for girls there's no cure. 
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12-16-2017, 05:25 AM
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And some guys never like fiberglass, if you get my drift.
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