Hi Rick,
Thanks for your post, I belive it could really be a help to some one.
I could have used
the advice when I was covering my fire star. I had somehow managed to
put on the silver
when I had only heated to 200degres . It was quite a bit looser than
the other wing. I called
the covering people , they said , go ahead and use a iron and heat to
225 or 250 I did
I finally got the fabric tight but what a mess. Lately there has been
a lot of sillyness and junk
on the list .Thanks again for a post that deals with a sloution to a
aircraft problem,and
not ,spelling ,gramer,or politics.
Frank Goodnight
Firestar11
Brownsville,TX
On Nov 16, 2009, at 4:34 PM, robert bean wrote:
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> 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.
>>
>> Rick Neilsen
>> Redrive VW Powered MKIIIC
>>
>> ----- 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> So it can be done after the fact.
>>> BB
>>>
>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Bob,
>>>>
>>>> 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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