REFLECTOR: hanger rash

[Alex Balic]

I would sand to good glass- feathering out about 2" all around, fill with
dry micro, and immediately glass with 2 layers fine bid- the pour foam would
not be needed for a repair that small.

 

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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Douglas Holub
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 2:21 PM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: hanger rash

 

I'm no expert, but if it were mine I would just sand down to good glass,
fill will pour foam, sand the shape, paint the foam with slurry, and then
add a few layers of BID, staggering the edges so that it's easier to finish
smooth. You've got to admit that 3 layers of cured BID is a heck of a lot
stronger than doped fabric.

 

Doug Holub

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From: gattenby at tulsaconnect.com 

To: Velocity Aircraft <mailto:reflector at tvbf.org>  Owners and Builders list 

Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 1:09 PM

Subject: REFLECTOR: hanger rash

 

Ok it's in the garage so it's not "hanger rash", and it's deep enough that
it prob doesn't qualify anyway...

My wing fell as I was building / placing it on a shelf.  The outboard side
of the vertical stabilizer hit another shelf, just hard enough for the coner
to poke a hole in  the glass.

The hole is about 1 1/2 by 2 inches,  it's just aft of the leading edge. (I
hope the pic comes through)

I have never tried to repair anything like this...

 

I assume (that's the part that worries me)  that I need to sand the filler
off.

remove any other damaged glass.

fill with pourfoam, and glass over the spot.

Originally it was made of 2 layer of uni offset in direction by a few
degrees. (leading edge / trailing edge)

So I was planing on going back with 2 layers of uni, offset the same way

Overlapping on to the good glass.

I was thinking of the 1st layer going about 2 inches on to the good glass,

then the 2nd layer going about 1/2 inch farther than that.

That makes the patch about 7 inches across.

 

Is that way overboard, OK, or not enough???

 

Noel

 


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