Sheeting wings-Elan

[John Ferrell]

I believe this should be shared via the K-Factor.

By lining the cutout and then sheeting I would think the structure to be
stronger and stiffer than before the cutout.

John Ferrell
6241 Phillippi Rd
Julian NC 27283
Phone: (336)685-9606
Dixie Competition Products
NSRCA 479 AMA 4190  W8CCW
"My Competition is Not My Enemy"



----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Van Putte" <vanputte at nuc.net>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: Sheeting wings-Elan


>
>
> Jerry Wilson wrote:
>
> >Raining here in Houston, so today I'm going to sheet the foam wings on my
Elan (one of them anyway).  Just wondering about sheeting over the retract
block and wheel well, & aileron servo mount. Do you just measure their
location, then after sheeting go back and find them and cut out the
> >sheeting?
> >
> >
> >
> I line the wheel wells with 1/16" sheeting before I skin the wings.  I
> cut the wheel well just a bit bigger than a soft drink can.  Then I make
> up just enough sheeting to have enough to go around the well and have
> some excess sticking out the top and bottom of the wing.  I spray the
> sheeting with ammonia/ water mix, wrap it around a soft drink container
> and hold it in place with a couple of small rubber bands until it dries.
>  Then I coat outside of the sheeting and the walls of the wheel well
> with a thin coat of Titebond/Wilhold, insert it in the wheel well and
> use the drink can to push the sheeting out against the walls of the
> wheel well until the glue dries.  I cut off the excess sheeting that's
> sticking out of the wing with an XActo saw with the spine removed.
>  After the wing is sheeted, you can find where the well is by holding
> the wing up to a light.  Cut the wheel well hole carefully and sand back
> to the walls.  It really makes a professiona-looking job.
>
> Ron Van Putte
>
>
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