Sheeting the Wings>>>Contact cement

[George Kennie]

Yeah,Bill,
It's moisture that does it. My cellar is so wet that even the wood down there
rusts! I have a set of wings that have been there for many moons and they don't
even resemble wings.Between the dust and cobwebs and the total delamination they
resemble driftwood from the pleisctene(sp?) era.They were originally sheeted with
Sorgham.They're subjected to so much dampness I wouldn't be surprised if they
wouldn't even burn.
Georgie

Bill Glaze wrote:

> Tony:
> I read somewhere on one of these lists about a modeler who had pulled a set of
> wings out of storage; they were for a giant scale airplane.  Where they had
> been stored escapes me, but I believe it was in this person's attic.  Anyhow,
> after several years (!) he found that the skins had separated from the cores,
> leaving a brownish dust as residue.  He had used Southern Sorghum.  Have you
> heard of anything paralleling this experience?
>
> Bill Glaze
>
> Tony Stillman wrote:
>
> > I used to make the "Deluxe" kits for Southern R/C Products, and we used
> > Sorgum contact cement for them.  I sprayed the adhesive on the wing skins
> > and cores and then covered the wings.  We could do about 100 sets of wings
> > in a day!
> >
> > This was the common way of doing things in the 1970's.  Later, we went to
> > epoxy, as the wing was more rigid.  The adhesive would tend to release in
> > places in the 100 degree heat over time!
> >
> > Tony Stillman
> > Radio South, Inc.
> > 3702 N. Pace Blvd.
> > Pensacola, Fl 32505
> > www.radiosouthrc.com
> > 800-962-7802
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Larry Ott" <lott at brown-strauss.com>
> > To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> > Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 4:08 PM
> > Subject: RE: Sheeting the Wings>>>Contact cement
> >
> > > To all,
> > >
> > > While contact cement may not be the best way to sheet wings
> > > today, it used to be an acceptable method. Back in the 70's
> > > and 80's all my foam pattern wings were sheeted with contact
> > > cement, 3M 77 if memory serves. I still have one plane, a
> > > Tippo, that is over 20 years old and it is has not re-kitted
> > > itself because the sheeting flew off <g>. Yet! <vbg>
> > >
> > > Perhaps I'm just lucky.
> > >
> > > Larry Ott - NSRCA 3381
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: discussion-request at nsrca.org
> > > > [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On Behalf Of Thomas C. Weedon
> > > > Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 2:40 PM
> > > > To: discussion at nsrca.org
> > > > Subject: RE: Sheeting the Wings>>>Contact cement
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I tried contact cement many years ago. It's just fine for a
> > > > .40 trainer that
> > > > won't be around long, so stay far away while your friend
> > > > learns what it is
> > > > like to re-kit a nice airplane. Too bad, so sad.
> > > >
> > > > Tom W.
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: discussion-request at nsrca.org
> > > > [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On Behalf Of Brian Young
> > > > Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 3:27 PM
> > > > To: discussion at nsrca.org
> > > > Subject: Re: Sheeting the Wings>>>Contact cement
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > A buddy of mine just sheeted the wings on his Carden
> > > > 30% 330 w/ contact cement. I cringed when he said
> > > > that. Anyone try this recently, just wonder if I want
> > > > to be around when he flys it.
> > >
> > >
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