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1. 06:31 PM - Dope & Fabric weight (Richard Pike)
2. 06:44 PM - Re: Dope and fabric weight (william sullivan)
3. 08:13 PM - Re: Dope & Fabric weight (robert bean)
4. 08:19 PM - Re: Dope and fabric weight (Richard Pike)
5. 08:29 PM - Pantene hair spray can (Richard Pike)
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Subject: | Dope & Fabric weight |
Just in case anybody else ever wondered what the paint and fabric weighs, tonight
I stripped the fabric off the other wing as part of the rebuild of the FSII,
and weighed it.
8.5 pounds. Stits process, by the book including silver, color coat, and a trim
color. That was for the wing and the aileron.
So probably around 25 pounds or so dope and fabric for a whole airplane?
Richard Pike
MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
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Subject: | Re: Dope and fabric weight |
- Richard- Was it Aerothane, or Poly Tone?- I understand that the Aerot
hane (candy shell appearance) is much heavier.
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Subject: | Re: Dope & Fabric weight |
That sounds about right. That stuff about the heavy paint is a myth unless you
are talking jumbo jet.
The majority of the weight in the can evaporates along with the thinner. Old
fashioned lacquers are the lightest,
butyrates in the middle,
and epoxies and polymerizing paints like urethanes are the heaviest. There is
no advantage with thick paint
other than being shiny and washable. You could shoot a coat of clear dope on the
rags and fly it away.
BB
On 30, Mar 2010, at 9:30 PM, Richard Pike wrote:
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> Just in case anybody else ever wondered what the paint and fabric weighs, tonight
I stripped the fabric off the other wing as part of the rebuild of the FSII,
and weighed it.
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> 8.5 pounds. Stits process, by the book including silver, color coat, and a trim
color. That was for the wing and the aileron.
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> So probably around 25 pounds or so dope and fabric for a whole airplane?
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> Richard Pike
> MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
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> Read this topic online here:
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> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=292433#292433
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Subject: | Re: Dope and fabric weight |
Poly bush, poly spray, poly whatever, the mat finish stuff.
Richard Pike
MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
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Subject: | Pantene hair spray can |
Decided to put a strobe on each wingtip, but wanted a way to streamline it in,
and also wanted a way to make the strobe easily removable in case it needed replacing.
Went to the CVS drugstore, no luck, went next door to the Dollar Store
- Bingo!
Wandering around the Dollar Store with a Kuntzleman strobe and calipers pays off.
The Pantene can was a perfect fit. Took it home, laid a brick on the nozzle (Take
that, Gore! HA!) and when the can was empty, cut off the bottom and fit it
in the wingtip. Will glue it in place with JBWeld, and then use fabric to blend
it in.
Will use the other end of the can on the other tip. The nav light will go just
ahead of the strobe, ordered two 6" strips of 24 12V LED's off of ebay, will put
those across the back of each tip for the white rear light.
Richard Pike
MKIII N420P (42oldPoops)
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