Most of the cloth used on the Europa's sold in North America was the Rutan
Cloth. To my knowledge every composite kit manufactured in the US that has
wet layups uses the Rutan cloth , BID as well as UNI.
As Graham mentioned, a number of years ago there was another supplier other
than Aircraft Spruce and Wicks selling BID. It was not approved for
aircraft and finally put out of business. If you order from Spruce or
Wicks, you will get the correct BID.
Spruce part number for BID: RA7725
Spruce part number for UNI: RA7715
Bob Berube
Flight Crafters
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dean Seitz" <daseitz@cfl.rr.com>
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 4:01 PM
Subject: RE: Europa-List: fiberglass cloth
>
> When I got my kit europa had the cloth sent to me from Aircraft Spruce. I
> don't remember what it was exactly but a call to someone at europa 04
> should
> be able to tell you sinve they had it shipped from there.
>
> Dean Seitz
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
> [mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of William
> Daniell
> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 9:19 PM
> To: europa-list@matronics.com
> Subject: RE: Europa-List: fiberglass cloth
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> I need something available in the USA - so the conclusion is that the
> Rutan
> cloth is acceptable?
>
> I don' understand the technical aspect but I am assuming that you need the
> same mechanical properties as the original which presumably means the same
> chemical composition, same orientation and same weight of fibers??
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
> [mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Graham
> Singleton
> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 13:45
> To: europa-list@matronics.com
> Subject: Re: Europa-List: fiberglass cloth
>
> <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
>
>
> Rutan chose it because it was used for gliders in Germany. Probably
> still is, 92125, it's made by Interglas and it's a 2 by 2 twill (for
> drape). The UNI we use is 92145.
> I recently ( 4 years ago!) bought half a roll of BID from a supplier in
> Germany but haven't yet re found the details. Price was very good
> compared to UK prices.
> Graham
>
> EuropaXSA276@aol.com wrote:
>> I was told by Europa some time ago that the closest thing for the
>> factory BID was the Rutan cloth RA7725
>>
>> Brian Skelly
>> Europa XS TriGear #A276
>> North Texas USA
>> You can see my build photos at:
>> http://www.europaowners.org/BrianS
>>
>>
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