Class 2 fire retardant polyester resin.
Which has a Tg of about 80C, AFTER heat curing.
It's very difficult to find a fire retardant epoxy resin (that can be used
for lay-up), but the Dow Chemical vinyl-ester types can be obtained in fire
retardant forms (and are better than polyester resins).
Duncan Mcf.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Klein" <fklein@orcasonline.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 7:44 AM
Subject: Europa-List: resin used in cowls
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> I'm planning on building a special cowl for a non-standard engine and,
> thus far, I have been unable to locate any information on temperature
> limitations for the epoxies we normally use, in my case Aeropoxy. Does
> anyone know what resins are used in the stock cowl?
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> Thanks in advance for any help in this area,
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> Fred
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