Brian, I wouldn't worry to much about the weight done on a bathroom scale.
My tailplanes also weighed 12 lbs. on it. On my paint scale they weighed
9.25 lbs. each. I have tried the hairdryer idea, and can say it works
great! My thanks to the gent who posted it.
Jim Thursby
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>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!!
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>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?
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>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.
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>Any suggestions?
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>Brian
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