Thanks all, I'll just get some boat building cloth now and use the West System I know the ball park figure. I'm in Australia so I didn't even think to look in Wicks or Spruce catalogues as I don't have them, (I know they're online too) Freight is prohibitively expensive anyway so a local product is for me.
Gav ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gavin Donohoe" <gavinandlou...@bigpond.com> To: "KR builders and pilots" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 9:46 PM Subject: Re: KR>Fiberglass > I wasn't serious about the black list stuff, it just seems silly to me that > all of you are all at work glassing etc and no one can tell me if I should > use 5oz or 100oz glass. And as it's no use asking the local fibreglass shop > because he's running scared by liability where aircraft are involved, yes > this list is our only hope. Remember some of us don't know Jack SH--T about > fibreglass. > > > Gav > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dan Heath" <da...@alltel.net> > To: <kr...@mylist.net> > Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 9:32 PM > 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 > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.530 / Virus Database: 325 - Release Date: 22/10/2003 > > > _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.532 / Virus Database: 326 - Release Date: 27/10/2003
