Gavin I wanted to respond to your question about books by suggesting the Tony Bingelis books, Firewall Forward, Sports Plane Builder, and Sports Plane Construction Techniques. All 3 are valuable references that should be part of your library. I think there is a supplier that offers all 3 books as a package deal at a discount. I started surfing the net to see if I could find who the supplier was and got distracted and never replied. I know when we have a question we all want the answer right now, but we all have busy lives. Be patient with us. You will know you are blacklisted when you are kicked off the KR net and that doesn't happen very often. Maybe someone on the net knows where to buy the books as a package deal without having to research it.
Robert J. (Jack) Cooper kr2coo...@earthlink.net http://www.jackandsandycooper.com/kr2.html Why Wait? Move to EarthLink. > [Original Message] > From: Dan Heath <da...@alltel.net> > To: <kr...@mylist.net> > Date: 10/30/03 6:32:47 AM > Subject: Re: KR>Fiberglass > > RE: I thought this list was to help people like myself who are all alone > out here with no local help. > > > > Gavin, > > > > You are right, this is your only hope. I looked for the answer to your > question in AS and Wickes. I found an Email address of pi...@beegroup.com > and my request to them was returned, address not known. There ain't no > black list, we are all just busy building our planes and you have asked a > question for which we may not have a definitive answer. > > > > Be thankful, when I built my first, I was all alone and had no KR Net. I am > building now and can't tell you what glass to use. I have tried two kinds > and cannot remember what they are, but it seems that the best one, although, > maybe a little heavy, is the one sold for the Long EZ. If I remember > correctly, it is 5.5 oz bid glass. > > > > I was going to look in my plans for you, but it is not in yours, I guess it > won't be in mine either. > > > > It also is difficult to estimate the amount of glass you would use and what > kind to use and how much resin to use, because there are so many variables. > What if you bought all pre-molded parts and were using wing skins, how much > and what kind would you need. People use all different kinds of resin, we > are using AeroPoxy, but will probably switch to West Systems for the cowling > mold, but if I bought a cowling that would fit, I would not need any of that > stuff. > > > > Also, you will want to only but what you will need in the next 6 months or > so, because you want your resin to always be fresh. > > > > Netters, how about some suggestions for glass type and weight and what resin > you like? Maybe some pros and cons to go along with it. > > > > N64KR > > > > Daniel R. Heath - Columbia, SC > > > > da...@kr-builder.org > > > > See you in Mt. Vernon - 2004 - KR Gathering > > > > See our KR at http://KR-Builder.org - Click on the pic > > See our EAA Chapter 242 at http://EAA242.org > > _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html
