Thanks Adam. My concern with fibreglass is not the strength of the resulting structure but my ability to achieve a high quality finish in a reasonable timeframe and with a reasonable amount of effort using fibreglass as opposed to alternative materials. I'm confident I can achieve a good finish with wood, aluminum or fabric, but since I've never tried fibreglass I don't have the same confidence.
Access to an EAA (or any other) class is a bit tricky in Oz - there aren't many and if you're not in a city you're out of luck. Easiest way here is to learn from other builders. Nearest one I know of (that's not building an RV) is about 70 miles away. That's why KRNet is so valuable to guys like me. Cheers, Tony On 5 March 2014 11:11, Adam Tippin <adamtippin at gmail.com> wrote: > Tony please allow me to put your mind at ease. > I went through A&P school and in that class we had a composite section. > We all built individual composition wing sections. 12"x18" ( no vacuum > bagging ). > I can assure you that ( like every school) there were a few less than > desirable students. > During this section even they excelled. > To prove the point we took the worst specimen and asked Tiny if he would be > so kind as to stress test it for us. We all gather around and knew it would > crush. > Mind you, that we used plain jane Styrofoam ( like the coffee cup stuff). > It held up to Tiny ( one foot all 365 lbs). Then he jumped on it trying to > crush it. The student received his first 100%. > Also there are a lot of comp classes you can sign up for through EAA . > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options >
