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RE: Europa-List: Europa colours. Heat damage

Subject: RE: Europa-List: Europa colours. Heat damage
From: Tony Krzyzewski <tonyk@kaon.co.nz>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:45:48

>>> If anyone can cite an authoritative reference (no anecdotes please)
on 
temperature/strength issues of the epoxies used by Europa which 
challenges the color/temp chart in chap. 37 I'd love to read it.

Hi Fred,

I can't quote any authorative source but I was on the Europa show stand
when the wrinkles in the nose of the US demonstrator were discovered.
The plane had been standing on hot tarmac and the skin temperature
difference between the dark blue underside and the white upper surface
was astonishing. 

As a result I immediately scrapped my idea of having dark blue wing tips
and decided that the guidelines in the build manual were very valid....
white or light tones are good - and the heat doesn't always come from
above!

Tony 



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