Wing Walk area tapes are notorious about looking dirty with any other
color but black. A piece of carpet with a rubber non stick mat sewn on
the bottom works well. The non skid mat is a soft dimpled thin rubber
material used by woodworkers for routing pads or sold in stores for use
in kitchen sinks. Jerry Hope has a carpet piece of carpet about 10
inches wide by 20 inches long for the wing and an 8x12 for a seat
protector when stepping in. Just brush it off when seated and throw in
the back.
As for those nasty cracks in the filler due to flexing near the spar and
wing fillet, only the extra layers of glass support can cure that. In
the future, wings will have the rib numbers increased in this area and
skin stiffed to provide for added stiffness for the not so svelte guys
like me.
Bud Yerly
Custom Flight Creations.
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul McAllister<mailto:paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
To: europa-list@matronics.com<mailto:europa-list@matronics.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 1:54 PM
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Wing Walk Tape
<paul.the.aviator@gmail.com<mailto:paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>>
Hi Karel,
I used to have the original white wing walk tape that came from
Europa, but it got "dirty" looking after a while and no amount of
scrubbing would clean it. Does the clear stuff from ACS hold up any
better ?
> Hi Troy,
> I used the two 16" x 30" clear of ACS. Your feet are not always in
flight
> direction when embarking. My shoes are about 12"; when they are
transverse
> on the direction 16" of wing walk is not to large.
> Best regards,
> Karel Vranken # 447 F-PKRL.
>
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