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Re: Lateral push-rod channel

Subject: Re: Lateral push-rod channel
From: Tim Ward <ward.t@xtra.co.nz>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 13:44:47
Tony Krzyzewski wrote:
> 
> It is _very_ easy to do. Just line the channel with one layer of uni prior to
> bedding the cores in place. You just have to make sure the glass is clear of
> the faces. Once my cores were bonded in place I also added a small fillet of
> micro at the core to spare junction as far down the channel as I could get.
> 
> My SAANZ technical adviser was not happy with leaving the foam exposed in the
> channel and he recommended adding the glass in the first place. We had an
> "incident" here some years ago with a Lancair that had an exposed foam
> surface on one of the wings. It met an unfortunate end when avgas met the
> wing and disolved the wing core. Fortunately the damage was done overnight in
> the hangar!
> 
> Tony
> 
> ------------------------
>   From: Tim Ward <ward.t@xtra.co.nz>


Many thanks Tony. Yes I am going to do exactly that with BID to protect 
it from anything getting at the foam.(Mice!!)
Tim
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