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Subject: Europa-List: Curing of Flying Surfaces
From: tonyvaccarella <tony@weimagine.com.au>
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2016 03:08:32

Hello all,

I'm the owner of a conventional tailwheel aircraft I purchased from the USA. 
This
project was started in 1999 and still being built :-)

Not that Im near the finished stage yet but while reading the Builders Manual 
about
finishing the aircraft it states 

" The first thing that you need to do with your flying surfaces is port cure 
them
at a temperature between 40-50 deg C. This will improve their strength and
cook off any remaining volatiles and moisture withing the epoxy system. "

Just wondering how builders have managed to do this. What equipment that have 
used
and how they have controlled the temperature. What is our opinion about doing
this on "old" wings that were completed in about year 2000.

I look forward to your comments

Regards,
Tony Vaccarella
Sydney
Australia

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Tony Vaccarella
Mascot NSW 2020
Sydney Australia


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