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Time: 
07:42:14 PM PST US
From: 
"Don Hall" <dhall@donka.net>
Subject: 
elevator tips - how to finish? 
      
      
      My recommendation is don't go nuts with the finish on the tail.  Just fit
      everything and assemble as per drawings.  You have several more years to
      stew over this and see and inspect RV's at shows.
      
      I realize I don't have many pics of my fiber fun on the tail.  I'm curious
      if your weights are any different than mine.  Got pics of yours?  I'll go
      snap a few...
      
      ******************************************
       Don Hall                  
       N517DG (registered)  
       rv7 fuselage
       http://rv7.donka.net
      ******************************************
      
      -----Original Message-----
      From: owner-rv7-list-server@matronics.com
      [mailto:owner-rv7-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Bruce Swayze
      Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 11:35 PM
      Subject: RV7-List: elevator tips - how to finish? 
      
      
      Fellow builders,
      
      I decided to work on the fiberglass tips on my empennage while waiting on my
      wing kit. The newer RV-7 elevators have lead counterweights that stick out,
      rather than lie flush inside the counterbalance arm. The fiberglass tip
      covers the sides of the lead counterweight nicely, but the forward end is
      exposed and it shows. 
      The tip doesn't cover it.  I'm wondering how to cover it. How are you guys
      doing it?  I've looked at a lot of web sites, but I haven't found anybody
      yet that details how they did this. I'm looking for some details and/or
      pictures.
      
      It's very tempting to just slather on some super-fill or some Evercoat Rage
      or whatever, and sand it down smooth and contour it.  But I'm wondering how
      well these materials stick to lead? Has anybody researched this?  And what
      about avoiding cracks developing over time? It seems to me there should be
      at least one layer of bid fiberglass over the lead, bonded to the fiberglass
      tip.  Has anyone done this? Any suggestions or pictures?
      
      Thanks!
      
      Bruce Swayze
      RV-7A Empennage finished
      Waiting on Wing Kit
      
      
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