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Re: Europa-List: Europaprecision?

Subject: Re: Europa-List: Europaprecision?
From: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:12:47

you will need to check the sizing on the glass cloth. Not all sizing is 
compatible with ester resins. The sizing helps bonding of the resin to 
the glass fibers
Graham

craig bastin wrote:
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> yes the one i intend to make as a test, will be glass an vinyl ester.
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> craig
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> No problem with vinyl ester, but I would recommend to use glass instead
> of carbon. Carbon is too stiff and would stop the airplane flexing.
> Graham
> craig bastin wrote:
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>>Steve
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>>just on the subject of tanks and making new ones, Have you considered
> 
> making
> 
>>a tank out of carbon fiber and vinyl-ester resin
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