Sheeting wings-Elan

[Jeff Hughes]

On the only retract plane I've ever built, I just spray painted the foam in
the wheel wells before sheeting and carefully sanded back to the opening
after sheeting.
Jeff

----- Original Message -----
From: John Ferrell <johnferrell at earthlink.net>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 9:37 AM
Subject: Re: Sheeting wings-Elan


> 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
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> ----- 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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