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1. 04:43 AM - Re: Carbon Kitfox Crafters (WurlyBird)
2. 10:17 AM - Re: Re: Carbon Kitfox Crafters (Guy Buchanan)
3. 10:30 AM - Wood Fairings (rawheels)
4. 02:40 PM - need Rotax 582 help. (Dave)
5. 04:54 PM - Re: Carbon Kitfox Crafters (WurlyBird)
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| Subject: | Re: Carbon Kitfox Crafters |
Guy, I am experiencing what you are talking about with the pooling and thinning
but I think with sanding and thin layers it will work out. This is really more
an experiment then anything. As for what parts I am trying to figure that
out myself. A new engine (HKS) means a new instrument panel and that is going
to be carbon fiber, there is just no way around that. I feel that if there is
one huge chunk of carbon right there in the middle there should also be bits
of it here and there for aesthetics. I think that fairing will actually look
better in a red kevlar/black carbon weave since my plane has a big ole red stripe
on it. I also think that it represents me pretty well to take something
as low tech as the Fox and dress it up a little with some ridiculously high tech
materials that ultimately fill no function. Any suggestions on non structural
parts that would look good in carbon or carbon/kevlar would be appreciated.
[Question] Question for the McBeans: Do you have any issues with me pulling a mold
from one of the fairings I purchased from you and reproducing the part in
carbon? The end result will be me having only one pair of fairings and I will
destroy the mold. It is largely for practice with composites and I have no intention
of having any more parts then I purchased from you, multiplying, modifying,
or distributing these parts. It's just for me to play. :)
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James
Kitfox 3 / 582 / 70" IVO 2 blade GA
50 hrs on the Fox in between deployments,
now she lies in wait
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| Subject: | Re: Carbon Kitfox Crafters |
On 3/30/2011 4:13 AM, WurlyBird wrote:
> A new engine (HKS) means a new instrument panel and that is going to be carbon
fiber, there is just no way around that. I feel that if there is one huge chunk
of carbon right there in the middle there should also be bits of it here
and there for aesthetics. I think that fairing will actually look better in a
red kevlar/black carbon weave since my plane has a big ole red stripe on it.
I also think that it represents me pretty well to take something as low tech
as the Fox and dress it up a little with some ridiculously high tech materials
that ultimately fill no function. Any suggestions on non structural parts that
would look good in carbon or carbon/kevlar would be appreciated.
>
I have an instrument panel done in carbon, as well as a glare shield and
seat pan. The instrument panel was made by gluing 3 1" pieces of MDF
together flatwise and then routing out the instrument panel's shape.
This was then glassed and faired into a quite passable mold. The glare
shield was made by carving styrofoam into the approximate shape to match
a couple of profiles, (one of which was the instrument panel,) and then
covering with carbon and filling and final shaping to make a nice female
mold and then pulling a carbon part. The nice thing is by coating it
with flat clear coat it made a really cool looking and functional glare
shield. The only problem with it is you have to post cure the tool to
about 140F, then re-fair it a couple of times, then cure the part at
about 140F, then let it sit in the sun out of the wind for a couple of
days so that it will withstand the intense heat generated while sitting
in the sun under the canopy. It gets bloody hot. The seat was done
simply by pulling a glass female from the original seat and then making
a carbon one. Still have all the molds.
Guy Buchanan
Ramona, CA
Kitfox IV-1200 / 592-C / Warp 3cs / 500 hrs. and grounded
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WurleyBird's recent post on the PVC wing struts has got me looking into finally
streamlining the bush gear that I installed a while ago. Is anyone cutting the
wooden streamline strips, or happen to have some extra left over from their
project by chance?
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| Subject: | need Rotax 582 help. |
I have a slight problem with the exhaust gaskets on my 582 spitting oil.
They don't seem to be loose but oil seems to escape and it tends to be
messy. Has anyone else had this issue and dealt with it successfully? The
manifold is currently held by two bolts per cylinder but I can do three plus
a stud/nut is it will help.
Dave G.
KF IV/ 1050/ 582/ warp
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| Subject: | Re: Carbon Kitfox Crafters |
That sounds like a lot of fun projects Guy. Do you have any pictures of the molds
and end products? I would love to see them. How many layers did you need
to make the instrument panel rigid enough? Did you save any weight on the seat
or was it primarily for the cool points?
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James
Kitfox 3 / 582 / 70" IVO 2 blade GA
50 hrs on the Fox in between deployments,
now she lies in wait
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