Ummm, Rick, I was only offering a solution to remedy an imperfect situation,
not advice on how to cover a plane.
BUT, since the cat is out of the bag, lots of planes have had their dacron reduced
to the dimensions allotted with favorable results.
A heat gun with a diffuser on the end would be a help in reducing spot overheats.
The gun does better than an iron in shrinking large panels to a light fit. Damage
would not be easily done at this stage.
Final tightening can follow using an iron.
If one is concerned about strength, the cabin area would be an excellent candidate
because strength is not a factor.
Old bedsheets would suffice.
The place where the iron excels is slightly lumpy areas around curves and tubes.
Especially good for taking wrinkles out of
surface tape.
BB, good day, bowling with fellow geezers, hiking the back fields with my recent
adopted pal, a toy fox terrier.
On 16, Nov 2009, at 11:01 AM, Richard & Martha Neilsen wrote:
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> Bob
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> It seems like when I was covering my airplane I read in the polyfiber instructions
that the use of a heat gun would damage the fabric. They go to great lengths
to have you calibrate a iron and warn you to not exceed a maximum temperature.
Seems like they say that a heat gun would too easily exceed the maximum
temperature. You may not have damaged anything, just wanted to advise everyone
this isn't the recommended method of shrinking fabric.
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> Rick Neilsen
> Redrive VW Powered MKIIIC
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "robert bean" <slyck@frontiernet.net>
> To: <kolb-list@matronics.com>
> Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 3:31 PM
> Subject: Re: Re: Darwin wins again!
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>> Jack, you are welcome to disagree.
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>> On a Kolb note, I did a little experiment on my folded MkIII this afternoon.
>> My wings, built by different people, had a difference in fabric tautness. The
left wing, although tight in appearance, had less tension
>> between ribs than the right. RPMs in the idle range showed a visible difference
in vibration.
>> Additionally, thumping with the panels yielded a different pitch from left wing
to right.
>> I ran my milwaukee heat gun on all the panels and apparently have brought the
left up to a comparable level.
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>> One does not want to tarry in a spot or you can get a slightly tannish discoloration.
(got one small one that I will try to rub out)
>> The wing tip bow area responded in an especially favorable manner.
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>> So it can be done after the fact.
>> BB
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>> On 15, Nov 2009, at 12:19 PM, Jack B. Hart wrote:
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>>> At 10:14 AM 11/15/09 -0500, you wrote:
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>>>> if yooze guyz go back and check the chronology of that string Charlie did
not make the initial political utterance.
>>>> IMO this absolves him from original sin.
>>>> BB
>>>> do not archive
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>>> Bob,
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>>> Disagree. When each of us signed up we agree to keep on the topic of Kolb.
>>> If on guy falls off topic does not un obligate the rest of us.
>>>
>>> Jack B. Hart FF004
>>> Winchester, IN
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