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1. 12:22 AM - Matronics Email List Fund Raiser During November! (dralle@matronics.com)
2. 05:35 AM - Re: RV8a Van's Fiberglass (JAPhillipsGA@aol.com)
3. 05:51 AM - Re: Re: RV8a Van's Fiberglass (Speed 3 Guy)
4. 11:02 AM - Re: Re: RV8a Van's Fiberglass (Matt Dralle)
5. 06:03 PM - Re: Question On Low-Pressure Brake Lines... (Matt Dralle)
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| Subject: | Matronics Email List Fund Raiser During November! |
Dear Listers,
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and upgrade of the List services at Matronics. It's through soley through the
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During the month of November I will be sending out List messages every few days
reminding everyone that the Fund Raiser is underway. I ask for your patience
and understanding during the Fund Raiser and throughout these regular messages.
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This year, these generous people include Bob Nuckolls of the AeroElectric Connection (http://www.aeroelectric.com/), Andy Gold of the Builder's Bookstore (http://www.buildersbooks.com/), and Jon Croke of HomebuiltHELP (http://www.homebuilthelp.com/).
These are extremely generous guys and I encourage you to visit their respective
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| Subject: | Re: RV8a Van's Fiberglass |
RV Builders, I'm about finished with the canopy skirts on my 8's sliding
canopy. Lord knows I LOVE fiberglass! What product can I buy that I can spray on
that will cover Van's pink fiberglass and smooth out the surface? The 601 XL I
built had all the fiberglass parts gel coated so priming and painting were a
snap, but looking ahead at the cowls and wheel pants I need some product that
will smooth out the surface. Hope to hear from somebody. Best regards, Bill of
Georgia
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| Subject: | Re: RV8a Van's Fiberglass |
I like PPG's K36 Prima. Their K38 works very well too, but in my opinion
the K36 is more versatile and easier to work with as it can be reduced.
Guy
RV-8A Painting
From: owner-rv8-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-rv8-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of
JAPhillipsGA@aol.com
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 6:34 AM
Subject: RV8-List: Re: RV8a Van's Fiberglass
RV Builders, I'm about finished with the canopy skirts on my 8's sliding
canopy. Lord knows I LOVE fiberglass! What product can I buy that I can
spray on that will cover Van's pink fiberglass and smooth out the surface?
The 601 XL I built had all the fiberglass parts gel coated so priming and
painting were a snap, but looking ahead at the cowls and wheel pants I need
some product that will smooth out the surface. Hope to hear from somebody.
Best regards, Bill of Georgia
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| Subject: | Re: RV8a Van's Fiberglass |
At 05:34 AM 11/1/2008 Saturday, you wrote:
>RV Builders, I'm about finished with the canopy skirts on my 8's sliding canopy.
Lord knows I LOVE fiberglass! What product can I buy that I can spray on that
will cover Van's pink fiberglass and smooth out the surface? The 601 XL I built
had all the fiberglass parts gel coated so priming and painting were a snap,
but looking ahead at the cowls and wheel pants I need some product that will
smooth out the surface. Hope to hear from somebody. Best regards, Bill of Georgia
Hi Bill,
For my tail tips, I got some sweet gel coat stuff from the local Tap Plastics store.
I bought a pt. can and a little tube of the hardener and some thinner.
It mixes up like a really thick paint and you can either brush or spray it on.
It isn't has hard as the stuff Van's uses on the tips, but it gives just as
nice a finish. Pretty simple to use. Here's a picture of the stuff...
Matt Dralle
RV-8 #82880 N844RV (res)
Matt G Dralle | Matronics | PO Box 347 | Livermore | CA | 94551
925-606-1001 V | 925-606-6281 F | dralle@matronics.com Email
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| Subject: | Re: Question On Low-Pressure Brake Lines... |
Dear Listers,
After some head scratching and a couple more tries, I think I came up with a new
design for the low pressure side of the brake lines. With this design, there
is a steady slope downward from the reservoir to the master calendars. Seems
to be pretty substantial. My only concern is that right feed line going through
that candy cane piece isn't really supported anywhere. Its pretty short
and solid to the touch, but vibration might cause a issue. Since the bottom floor
of the baggage area goes over the top, there's really nothing permanent I
can attach it to short of making a bracket of some kind (yuck).
So what do you guys think?
Matt Dralle
RV-8 #82880 N844RV (res)
At 06:48 PM 10/28/2008 Tuesday, Matt Dralle wrote:
>[snip]
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>But here's my question. Notice that on the back side of the second bulkhead,
I kind of looped the tubing up and around the hole for the vent. This also positioned
tee fitting nicely to feed the left and right sides. The top of that
loop is maybe 4 to 5" higher than the top of the reservoir, though. Is the flow
from the reservoir to the master cylinders suppose to be basically "gravity
fed" or is the "pump" action from the master cylinders all that is necessary
to keep the tube and master cylinders full?
>
>Matt Dralle
>RV-8 #82880 N844RV (res)
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