life expectancy (was RE: [RCSE] aluminium bonding)

2002-08-01 Thread Lincoln Ross
Two, and probably three, of the planes I've used this year are over 10 years old. J wrote: On Thu, 1 Aug 2002, Bill Johns wrote: Our planes don't have life expectancies of 20+ years and these reactions do take a while to happen. 20 years? I'm lucky if I get 20 days! -J -- Lincoln Ross

Re: life expectancy (was RE: [RCSE] aluminium bonding)

2002-08-01 Thread Monkey King
On Thu, 1 Aug 2002, Lincoln Ross wrote: Two, and probably three, of the planes I've used this year are over 10 years old. When that little voice in your head says Yyehhh, I guess you've got enough altitude for that... you decide No, I don't, whereas I say Well, I'll try it. What's the

RE: [RCSE] aluminium bonding

2002-08-01 Thread Monkey King
On Thu, 1 Aug 2002, Bill Johns wrote: I'll butt in here again. First off, aluminum oxide is good hard stuff, but sensitive to certain environments. For optimal performance, like the really high-end aerospace stuff, the clean, freshly prepared aluminum oxide layer is primed or painted with a

RE: [RCSE] aluminium bonding

2002-08-01 Thread Bill Johns
At 02:53 PM 8/1/2002 -0400, Monkey King wrote: On Thu, 1 Aug 2002, Bill Johns wrote: I'll butt in here again. First off, aluminum oxide is good hard stuff, but sensitive to certain environments. For optimal performance, like the really high-end aerospace stuff, the clean, freshly prepared

Re: life expectancy (was RE: [RCSE] aluminium bonding)

2002-08-01 Thread Lincoln Ross
Not true. Ask anyone around here how far I go downwind. One of the planes was flown out of a very tall tree (I had to push it out of the tree backwards, Fritz Bien performed the lomcevak and recovery) just a few weeks ago, and last year it landed maybe 1/2 mile downwind. I calibrated my range

RE: [RCSE] aluminium bonding

2002-08-01 Thread Monkey King
On Thu, 1 Aug 2002, Bill Johns wrote: Do you have a brand name for a phenolic paint? Nope. I suppose some specialty shop that caters to high end aerospace might offer something. Don't be surprised if you need to buy it by the drum, require very special application and curing conditions.