N363RV
Well Known Member
Sadness and despair....I was going to publish a little how to article... but It appears that there is a limitation of 10 pics. Strange considering Doug doesn't host the pics. Regardless, It was a major PITA to get these pics up to imageshack, resized and so forth....just to find out I couldn't use them in this post...at least not all of them in one post. Grrrrrr.
Doug, it would be helpful to illustrate to others how to do stuff with more than 10 pics. Give some consideration to fixing this.
I posted the 10 photos that I was allowed and I will put a little blurb below each one.
I am now pressed for time but will hopefully post the "Rest of the Story" later in another post.... assuming this one doesn't get deleted.
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Yesterday I went for a quick flight. It was good fun until I heard a rhythmic noise that I thought was an engine issue. The period changed with the throttle. There was not a vibration and there was not a power loss.
I got back to the hangar and found the issue. My front leg fiberglass intersection lost the front screw.
Today is Saturday and the weather is cold, gray and only good for doing maintenance from the comfort of my kitchen.
I didn't think about photographing any of this until I got threw the first layup, but the front piece of the intersection was bent over and over from the slipstream and it was nearly broken off. Thankfully it was still there.
The take away is that if you are in a big hurry to get some glass work done, you don't have to wait until tomorrow or even 6 hours later. If the fiberglass item is small enough, just stick it in the oven for about 10-15 minutes on low heat. In my case 170 F.
Here is a picture of the first lay which is on the top.
Here is the top layup in the oven.
Bottom side of broken fairing intersection.
Cut fiberglass to size.
The west resin system.
1/2 squirt from each... More than I really needed.
Let it settle in the corner.
Now mix it up.
Put your fiberglass strip in and squeeze the resin into the cloth.
I had 16 more pics after this showing you the rest of the story...I'll try to post them at a later date.
Doug, it would be helpful to illustrate to others how to do stuff with more than 10 pics. Give some consideration to fixing this.
I posted the 10 photos that I was allowed and I will put a little blurb below each one.
I am now pressed for time but will hopefully post the "Rest of the Story" later in another post.... assuming this one doesn't get deleted.
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Yesterday I went for a quick flight. It was good fun until I heard a rhythmic noise that I thought was an engine issue. The period changed with the throttle. There was not a vibration and there was not a power loss.
I got back to the hangar and found the issue. My front leg fiberglass intersection lost the front screw.
Today is Saturday and the weather is cold, gray and only good for doing maintenance from the comfort of my kitchen.
I didn't think about photographing any of this until I got threw the first layup, but the front piece of the intersection was bent over and over from the slipstream and it was nearly broken off. Thankfully it was still there.
The take away is that if you are in a big hurry to get some glass work done, you don't have to wait until tomorrow or even 6 hours later. If the fiberglass item is small enough, just stick it in the oven for about 10-15 minutes on low heat. In my case 170 F.
Here is a picture of the first lay which is on the top.
Here is the top layup in the oven.
Bottom side of broken fairing intersection.
Cut fiberglass to size.
The west resin system.
1/2 squirt from each... More than I really needed.
Let it settle in the corner.
Now mix it up.
Put your fiberglass strip in and squeeze the resin into the cloth.
I had 16 more pics after this showing you the rest of the story...I'll try to post them at a later date.
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