I just got finished covering the 2nd skin of my left tailplane. I then
got out the bathroom scale to measure it. 12 lbs! Looking through
some previous messages on the list, I discover that at least one person
has a completed tailplane at 9 lb plus 1 lb for the trim tab. That means
that I am 20% too heavy!!
I thought that I was doing a good job of getting excess epoxy out, but I
am doing my work at about 70 to 75 degrees F, which might be a little
cold. Someone suggested using a hairdryer to warm the epoxy in front of
the sqeegee. Is this a good idea?
Obviously the bathroom scale is not that accurate, but I measured it twice,
once as me + tailplane and also as tailplane alone. The measurement came
out exactly the same.
Any suggestions?
Brian
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