Re: [Aus-soaring] Oratex UL600 and the unexpected

2017-03-20 Thread Noel Roediger
cussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Oratex UL600 and the unexpected the three position headlight switch - dim, flicker, off. Mike At 08:24 AM 3/20/2017, you wrote: Lol. That reminds me of the epithet assigned to the manufacturer of the n

Re: [Aus-soaring] Oratex UL600 and the unexpected

2017-03-19 Thread Mike Borgelt
ehalf Of Noel Roediger Sent: Wednesday, 15 March 2017 8:33 PM To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.' Cc: bobgrimst...@compuserve.com Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Oratex UL600 and the unexpected Dear All. Colin Turner and I made the decision last year to recover a Sc

Re: [Aus-soaring] Oratex UL600 and the unexpected

2017-03-19 Thread Derek Ruddock
e64.com.au] On Behalf Of Gary Stevenson Sent: Wednesday, 15 March 2017 9:07 PM To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.' Cc: bobgrimst...@compuserve.com Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Oratex UL600 and the unexpected Hi Noel, Loved your story especially "... manufactu

[Aus-soaring] Oratex UL600 and the unexpected

2017-03-16 Thread Future Aviation Pty. Ltd.
> Good afternoon all > > It is not only fluoro colours that tend to fade but most reds as well. > > A few years ago Schleicher sent me four large sandwich fibreglass panels for > weather and colour stability testing. > All panels came with a normal gelcoat primer (without PU top coat) and they

Re: [Aus-soaring] Oratex UL600 and the unexpected

2017-03-16 Thread Mike Borgelt
At 02:31 PM 3/16/2017, you wrote: Years ago - about 1970 - Harry Schneider laid up a sheet of GRP on a base of Vorgelat. The cured sheet was nailed up on the Eastern wall of the workshop after it had been divided into three sections. One remained in the original Vorgelat gel-coat and the other

Re: [Aus-soaring] Oratex UL600 and the unexpected

2017-03-15 Thread Noel Roediger
-Original Message- From: Aus-soaring [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.base64.com.au] On Behalf Of DMcD Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2017 12:31 PM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Oratex UL600 and the unexpected Regarding the fadi

Re: [Aus-soaring] Oratex UL600 and the unexpected

2017-03-15 Thread Future Aviation Pty. Ltd.
Good afternoon all It is not only fluoro colours that tend to fade but most reds as well. A few years ago Schleicher sent me four large sandwich fibreglass panels for weather and colour stability testing. All panels came with a normal gelcoat primer (without PU top coat) and they were all fini

Re: [Aus-soaring] Oratex UL600 and the unexpected

2017-03-15 Thread DMcD
Regarding the fading of the red Oratex…… Back a few years ago, a major supplier of paraglider Nylon brought out a fluoro range… paraglider pilots love(d) that sort of thing… but they found that some colours were very badly affected by UV compared with others and some of these fluoro colours were d

Re: [Aus-soaring] Oratex UL600 and the unexpected

2017-03-15 Thread Gary Stevenson
. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Oratex UL600 and the unexpected Gary (and others) The fully certified aircraft products have only been around for a few years, however, they have been in use in the light sport aircraft market for a while. Lanitz originally was a model aeroplane company in Germany

Re: [Aus-soaring] Oratex UL600 and the unexpected

2017-03-15 Thread stephenk
  Gary (and others) The fully certified aircraft products have only been around for a few years, however, they have been in use in the light sport aircraft market for a while. Lanitz originally was a model aeroplane company in Germany, a long way back. They hav

Re: [Aus-soaring] Oratex UL600 and the unexpected

2017-03-15 Thread Noel Roediger
sts.base64.com.au] On Behalf Of Gary Stevenson Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2017 8:37 PM To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.' Cc: bobgrimst...@compuserve.com Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Oratex UL600 and the unexpected Hi Noel, Loved your story especially "..

Re: [Aus-soaring] Oratex UL600 and the unexpected

2017-03-15 Thread Christopher McDonnell
ent: Wednesday, 15 March 2017 8:33 PM To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.' Cc: bobgrimst...@compuserve.com Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Oratex UL600 and the unexpected Dear All. Colin Turner and I made the decision last year to recover a Scout Gliding Club Falke fuselag

Re: [Aus-soaring] Oratex UL600 and the unexpected

2017-03-15 Thread Gary Stevenson
h 2017 8:33 PM To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.' Cc: bobgrimst...@compuserve.com Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Oratex UL600 and the unexpected Dear All. Colin Turner and I made the decision last year to recover a Scout Gliding Club Falke fuselages with &q

Re: [Aus-soaring] Oratex UL600 and the unexpected

2017-03-15 Thread Noel Roediger
Dear All. Colin Turner and I made the decision last year to recover a Scout Gliding Club Falke fuselages with "ORATEX", (VH-GVZ) after downloading their instruction manual and spending time with Redmond Quinn who has run trials using a sample kit. This is included as part of its 50yr inspection.