Subject: | Europa-List: Mod 73 results |
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From: | nigel charles <nwcmc@tiscali.co.uk> |
Date: | Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:20:15 |
Having done Mod 73 I have the following comments to offer: 1. As peel ply can suck resin from the cloth I find it is important to make sure it is well wetted out when laying it in position. Otherwise a partially dry lay is discovered after peeling off after cure. 2. As a result of the above I found that resin had puddle slightly in the bottom of the lay up. This has added a small amount to the final thickness which has ensured that I need longer pip pins. 3. By chance I have a length of aluminium tube which is a perfect sliding fit to avoid having to do the lay up on the aircraft. Even a patch of the thinnest packing tape almost gets scraped from the tube as it is inserted. With a little grease it did finally make it through to the lay up area. This tube was long enough to do both tailplanes together and is available for loan. Name Country Airplane reg. Type Progress on mod 73 Disbonding of TP6 pip pins used Any problems found Richard Iddon UK G-RIXS Tri gear Completed None found 2 in. Nothing major Steve Pitt UK G-SMDH Tri gear Completed None found 2" Nothing major Ron Jones UK G-RJWX Mono Completed None found Original Tim Ward NZ ZK-TIM Mono Not Done None Found Original Very slight movement in starboard TP12. Present on installing (1998)- no worse Danny Shepherd UK G-CERI Tri gear Completed None found 2" Graham Drake UK G-CCOV Mono Completed None Found 2" Sarah Attubato UK G-BXDP Mono Completed None Found 2" These are new replacement tailplanes that had already been built David Watts UK G-BXDY Mono Completed None found 2" Nigel Charles UK G-MIME Mono Completed None found 2" Nothing major. Regards Nigel Charles |
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