Original Posted By: Gary Gower
Yes a friend of mine who is also a memberof chapter 775 used construction foam onthe trailing edge of the wing strut, the planewhich is his own design has a 2,8 litre GMCwith a reduction drive costing him 400 bucks.The plane crusies at 130 mph. The struts lookgood and perform well, I'll ask himthe details the next EAA meeting, I'mcurrently trying to get him to make drawing'sand part list for his reduction drive.This guy is almost as clever as Mr. Pietenpol.-----Original Message-----
Pietenpol-List: Vinyl Fairings
Pietenpol-List: Re: Vinyl Fairings
Original Posted By: robert hensarling
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Vinyl Fairings>>Al Swanson wrote: At Sun 'N Fun I met a guy selling vinyl fairings.......>> Thanx Al for the info on above. He may be the same guy I saw>>there a couple of years ago....before I was considering anything otherthan>>conventional struts. I will contact him for prices and additional data.As I>>recall they were a bit pricey. The ends could be filled and shaped without>>much trouble with balsa. My main concern would be whether they could take>>the abuse when someone used the struts to push the airplane. The weight>>should be less than the wood fairing over the 3/4" X 1-1/2" rectangular>>tubing. I'll be able to make a better assessment after I get the totalinfo.>>I'll let the gang know what I find out. Thanks again Al>> Don Hicks>>>>>A friend here made the fairings of rigid foam (the yellow that comes in>spray), gave the form with a sanding device he made of wood and cover them>with plain cloth with general propouse resin for Fiber glass, almost no>weight and they are hard enough.>>Hope this works for you, make a test in a piece of scrap tube, to see the>results first.>>Saludos>>Gary Gower>________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Vinyl Fairings>>Al Swanson wrote: At Sun 'N Fun I met a guy selling vinyl fairings.......>> Thanx Al for the info on above. He may be the same guy I saw>>there a couple of years ago....before I was considering anything otherthan>>conventional struts. I will contact him for prices and additional data.As I>>recall they were a bit pricey. The ends could be filled and shaped without>>much trouble with balsa. My main concern would be whether they could take>>the abuse when someone used the struts to push the airplane. The weight>>should be less than the wood fairing over the 3/4" X 1-1/2" rectangular>>tubing. I'll be able to make a better assessment after I get the totalinfo.>>I'll let the gang know what I find out. Thanks again Al>> Don Hicks>>>>>A friend here made the fairings of rigid foam (the yellow that comes in>spray), gave the form with a sanding device he made of wood and cover them>with plain cloth with general propouse resin for Fiber glass, almost no>weight and they are hard enough.>>Hope this works for you, make a test in a piece of scrap tube, to see the>results first.>>Saludos>>Gary Gower>________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: Vinyl Fairings
Original Posted By: Doug Sheets
Al Swanson wrote: At Sun 'N Fun I met a guy selling vinyl fairings....... there a couple of years ago....before I was considering anything other than conventional struts. I will contact him for prices and additional data. As I recall they were a bit pricey. The ends could be filled and shaped without much trouble with balsa. My main concern would be whether they could take the abuse when someone used the struts to push the airplane. The weight should be less than the wood fairing over the 3/4" X 1-1/2" rectangular tubing. I'll be able to make a better assessment after I get the total info. ________________________________________________________________________________
Al Swanson wrote: At Sun 'N Fun I met a guy selling vinyl fairings....... there a couple of years ago....before I was considering anything other than conventional struts. I will contact him for prices and additional data. As I recall they were a bit pricey. The ends could be filled and shaped without much trouble with balsa. My main concern would be whether they could take the abuse when someone used the struts to push the airplane. The weight should be less than the wood fairing over the 3/4" X 1-1/2" rectangular tubing. I'll be able to make a better assessment after I get the total info. ________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: Re: Vinyl Fairings
Original Posted By: "Sayre, William G"
>Al Swanson wrote: At Sun 'N Fun I met a guy selling vinyl fairings....... >there a couple of years ago....before I was considering anything other than >conventional struts. I will contact him for prices and additional data. As I>recall they were a bit pricey. The ends could be filled and shaped without >much trouble with balsa. My main concern would be whether they could take >the abuse when someone used the struts to push the airplane. The weight >should be less than the wood fairing over the 3/4" X 1-1/2" rectangular >tubing. I'll be able to make a better assessment after I get the total info. >>A friend here made the fairings of rigid foam (the yellow that comes inspray), gave the form with a sanding device he made of wood and cover themwith plain cloth with general propouse resin for Fiber glass, almost noweight and they are hard enough.Hope this works for you, make a test in a piece of scrap tube, to see theresults first.SaludosGary Gower________________________________________________________________________________
>Al Swanson wrote: At Sun 'N Fun I met a guy selling vinyl fairings....... >there a couple of years ago....before I was considering anything other than >conventional struts. I will contact him for prices and additional data. As I>recall they were a bit pricey. The ends could be filled and shaped without >much trouble with balsa. My main concern would be whether they could take >the abuse when someone used the struts to push the airplane. The weight >should be less than the wood fairing over the 3/4" X 1-1/2" rectangular >tubing. I'll be able to make a better assessment after I get the total info. >>A friend here made the fairings of rigid foam (the yellow that comes inspray), gave the form with a sanding device he made of wood and cover themwith plain cloth with general propouse resin for Fiber glass, almost noweight and they are hard enough.Hope this works for you, make a test in a piece of scrap tube, to see theresults first.SaludosGary Gower________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: Re: Vinyl Fairings
Original Posted By: Mike Lund
Good point about holding up when pushing the airplane. I wonder if usingexpandable urethane foam would make them more rigid and resistant toexternal abuse?Al Swanson>Al Swanson wrote: At Sun 'N Fun I met a guy selling vinyl fairings....... >there a couple of years ago....before I was considering anything other than >conventional struts. I will contact him for prices and additional data. As I>recall they were a bit pricey. The ends could be filled and shaped without >much trouble with balsa. My main concern would be whether they could take >the abuse when someone used the struts to push the airplane. The weight >should be less than the wood fairing over the 3/4" X 1-1/2" rectangular >tubing. I'll be able to make a better assessment after I get the total info. >>________________________________________________________________________________
Good point about holding up when pushing the airplane. I wonder if usingexpandable urethane foam would make them more rigid and resistant toexternal abuse?Al Swanson>Al Swanson wrote: At Sun 'N Fun I met a guy selling vinyl fairings....... >there a couple of years ago....before I was considering anything other than >conventional struts. I will contact him for prices and additional data. As I>recall they were a bit pricey. The ends could be filled and shaped without >much trouble with balsa. My main concern would be whether they could take >the abuse when someone used the struts to push the airplane. The weight >should be less than the wood fairing over the 3/4" X 1-1/2" rectangular >tubing. I'll be able to make a better assessment after I get the total info. >>________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: Re: Vinyl Fairings
Original Posted By: John Duprey
Many thanx for the tip Gary. I;ll gather some material together and give it ________________________________________________________________________________
Many thanx for the tip Gary. I;ll gather some material together and give it ________________________________________________________________________________