Tony,
Been away on a short vacation via my Europa. You need to finish to enjoy the
flying!
Anyway, go to http://www.europaowners.org/main.php?g2_itemId=60876 to see what
I did to cure my surfaces. I used two fairly small electric space heaters, one
placed low on one end and one placed high on the other. I used an electronic
thermometer with two inputs so I could monitor the heat in two locations to
confirm proper thermal environment. Darn thing worked great.
Just another idea for you.
Blue skies & tailwinds,
Bob Borger
Europa XS Tri, Rotax 914, Airmaster C/S Prop (75 hrs).
Little Toot Sport Biplane, Lycoming Thunderbolt AEIO-320 EXP
3705 Lynchburg Dr.
Corinth, TX 76208-5331
Cel: 817-992-1117
rlborger@mac.com
On Jul 8, 2016, at 5:08 AM, tonyvaccarella <tony@weimagine.com.au> wrote:
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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