---------------------------------------------------------- KIS-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 08/28/17: 4 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 08:31 AM - Wing walk (Robert Reed) 2. 08:53 AM - Re: Wing walk (Bill Schertz) 3. 06:53 PM - Re: Wing walk (Alfred Rosa) 4. 07:49 PM - Re: Wing walk (OC) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 08:31:29 AM PST US From: Robert Reed Subject: KIS-List: Wing walk Wings are mounted and in interest of protecting them as I finish interior panel and wiring I ordered my wing walk. I felt that the 12 inch was really a bit too narrow but the 24 inch looks way too wide when placed on wing. Any personal experience to share and where from leading edge did you start. Bob Reed Sent from my iPhone ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 08:53:17 AM PST US From: "Bill Schertz" Subject: Re: KIS-List: Wing walk Bob My Wing Walk was put on by my painter, applying a grit, then painting over it. Initially it was black, per tradition, but when I started taking it outside, I felt it got too hot in the sun and had it over sprayed with the off-white that I used on the rest of the plane. I felt the WW being black could be bad for the composite material. You live in a hotter, sunnier climate that I did at the time. Bill -----Original Message----- From: Robert Reed Sent: Monday, August 28, 2017 9:29 AM Subject: KIS-List: Wing walk Wings are mounted and in interest of protecting them as I finish interior panel and wiring I ordered my wing walk. I felt that the 12 inch was really a bit too narrow but the 24 inch looks way too wide when placed on wing. Any personal experience to share and where from leading edge did you start. Bob Reed Sent from my iPhone ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 06:53:45 PM PST US From: Alfred Rosa Subject: Re: KIS-List: Wing walk Glad to hear you're going to the finish line with your project Bob. I miss mine but had little choice. In my next life I know better than building and would instead buy a used Arrow retractable for about the same money I put into the project. That way I could have been flying all those years. Al > On Aug 28, 2017, at 11:51 AM, Bill Schertz wrote: > > > Bob > My Wing Walk was put on by my painter, applying a grit, then painting over it. Initially it was black, per tradition, but when I started taking it outside, I felt it got too hot in the sun and had it over sprayed with the off-white that I used on the rest of the plane. I felt the WW being black could be bad for the composite material. You live in a hotter, sunnier climate that I did at the time. > Bill > > -----Original Message----- From: Robert Reed > Sent: Monday, August 28, 2017 9:29 AM > To: kis-list@matronics.com > Subject: KIS-List: Wing walk > > > Wings are mounted and in interest of protecting them as I finish interior panel and wiring I ordered my wing walk. I felt that the 12 inch was really a bit too narrow but the 24 inch looks way too wide when placed on wing. Any personal experience to share and where from leading edge did you start. > > Bob Reed > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > > ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 07:49:38 PM PST US From: "OC" Subject: Re: KIS-List: Wing walk 2/28/2017 Hello Robert, I have never understood the desire to glue some very coarse black sandpaper on the inboard top of the wings of an aircraft that I was building and planning to fly myself. Maybe for some rental airplane that may make some sense, but not for one of our home builts. What does make sense to me is to purchase some non adhesive rubberized shelf or tool drawer liner (Similar to these): https://www.walmart.com/c/kp/shelf-liner and cut four pieces of the appropriate length and width, two sized for the wing walk and two sized for laying over the door sill when getting in or out or working on the plane. Once all occupants are seated in the airplane it is very easy to ball up (or fold up if you are a neat nick) and stow the shelf liners behind the heels of the copilot. This is otherwise unoccupied space. I have flown my airplane for over 10 years and never encountered a problem unless the wind was blowing so hard that the wing walks wanted to fly away before stowing them. II t was usually pretty easy to find some weight (nav bag or whatever) to anchor the wing walks in that situation until it was time to stow them before flight. Try it -- it is a low cost, very convenient solution and if you eventually don't like it you can always go the coarse black sand paper route. OC PS: Along the same line of protecting my airplane's finish I have purchased some camp sleeping pad or exercise mats (here are some examples): https://www.amazon.com/Therm-A-Rest-6432-Therm-a-Rest-RidgeRest-Classic/dp/B00HANOY9I/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1503974286&sr=8-6&keywords=camp+sleeping+pad and I keep these pads on the top surface of the wings whenever the airplane is in the hangar. Makes great paint protection from tools, parts, battery charger, etc. =========================================== From: Robert Reed Sent: Monday, August 28, 2017 11:29 AM Subject: KIS-List: Wing walk Wings are mounted and in interest of protecting them as I finish interior panel and wiring I ordered my wing walk. I felt that the 12 inch was really a bit too narrow but the 24 inch looks way too wide when placed on wing. Any personal experience to share and where from leading edge did you start. 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