---------------------------------------------------------- Kolb-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Tue 03/30/10: 5 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 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) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 06:31:34 PM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Dope & Fabric weight From: "Richard Pike" 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) Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=292433#292433 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 06:44:49 PM PST US From: william sullivan Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Dope and fabric weight - Richard- Was it Aerothane, or Poly Tone?- I understand that the Aerot hane (candy shell appearance) is much heavier. - ------------------------- --------------------- Bill Sulliv an ------------------------- --------------------- Windsor Loc ks, Ct. ------------------------- --------------------- FS 447 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 08:13:35 PM PST US Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Dope & Fabric weight From: robert bean 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: > > 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) > > > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=292433#292433 > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 08:19:28 PM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Dope and fabric weight From: "Richard Pike" Poly bush, poly spray, poly whatever, the mat finish stuff. Richard Pike MKIII N420P (420ldPoops) Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=292466#292466 ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 08:29:23 PM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Pantene hair spray can From: "Richard Pike" 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. 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