That exactly the way we did it. Double sided tape and peel ply is a great
way to go as far as I am concerned. It must have saved us hours of work, and
what is more, you get a really good bond as there is no foam left on the
surface of the skin as there would be after scraping it off, plus because
you don't scrape or sand, you leave the proper skin thickness.
I would give it a once over with acetone though, as the glue from the tape
may contaminate the surface.
Dont worry about the fact that it will stick up slightly higher than the
rest of the skin, it is only marginal.
Welcome back
Ed
ps. I had the same experience in a Cessna 152 spam can, I am convinced that
my grandfather lied about his weight!! Lumberjack isn't my chosen carreer.
Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Harrison <ptag.dev@ukonline.co.uk>
Subject: RE: Classic TE Skin
> Hi! Tony.
> What's wrong with double sided adhesive tape?
> Unfortunately I haven't the memory grade to remember about the locations
> etc, but I reckon you can "steal a march" in some places by application of
> peel ply in the area of a known cut line for
> later connections. However the peel ply certainly makes cutting more
> difficult and if you need to
> remove it from under a completed skin it's very difficult to get the skin
> re-attached to the foam
> again so some accurate positioning is called for.
> Regards
> Bob Harrison G-PTAG
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-europa@post.aviators.net
> Subject: Classic TE Skin
>
>
> Gidday,
> I have been in the wilderness for a while and am only recently back to the
> fold. For want of explanation, I figured I could never get my Classic
done,
> so I bought a little Australian a/c known as the Victa Airtourer, which
for
> the last 40 years give or take has been the primary trainer for the
> Australian and New Zealand Air Forces. The problem is that they reengined
> it to double the horsepower to 200 HP give or take and mine is 100! It is
a
> flying brick and when I took my dad for a fly, with "foolishly" full fuel,
> 23 degrees Celsius and a little turbulence, well I got the fright of my
> life to be 5 miles south of the field after takeoff and still battling
the
> turbulence to be 500 feet above the ground to turn crosswind. I vowed
then
> that I would get back into the workshop and get the a/c built that I truly
> want to fly, away from the hard stuff quickly.
> So now that I have repented my sins I would like to request advice from
> those classsic guys who can tell me whether in 2 days time I should or
> shouldn't put peel ply under the trailing edge cloth/skin in the areas
that
> will become closeouts, to ease the preparation of the skin underside prior
> to doing the closeout layups. This means the entire area for the last
> couple of inches of the aileron portion or a strip 1 1/2" wide 4 inches
> from the trailing edge, and 1 1/2" wide 5 inches from the trailing edge of
> the flap portion. I can either layup the entire sections aft of this strip
> on peel ply, or have the peel ply act as a bridge from foam to foam. If as
> I suspect the peel ply is the way to go, and as I have special "thin
> stuff", should I just go ahead and lay it ontop of a mico slurried core,
or
> ontop of a pre-microed and cured strip, or bond the peel ply with 5 minute
> araldite in isolated places? I am somewhat worried about wrinkles, but I
> know the skin is strong and stable and that the peel ply is very thin. So
> that is my questions for today, and its good to be back!!
> Reg
> Tony Renshaw
> Reg
> Tony Renshaw
> Builder No.236
>
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