Temptation

[Bob Kane]

I just remembered some advive from Charles Williams
when gluing parts in the fuselage . . . the fuselage
construction is chemically compatible with CA, but the
heat generated when it kicks can melt the foam
slightly and cause a dimple. 


--- Jeff Hughes <jeffghughes at comcast.net> wrote:

> Yeah, the fuselage is incredibly stiff and strong,
> it's just scared me when I scratched right through
> it with the scriber. Luckily it's where I'm going to
> remove material  anyways for the elevator.
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Rcmaster199 at aol.com 
>   To: discussion at nsrca.org 
>   Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 9:54 PM
>   Subject: Re: Temptation
> 
> 
>   Jeff, the TAVS type of composite often places a
> polyurethane semi rigid foam between two layers of
> fairly light glass cloth. Glass is easily cut into
> because it is quite thin.  Once you break into the
> urethane foam, cutting goes very fast. Polyurethane
> foam makes the fuses both rigid and light. Composite
> ARF's products first introduced this construction
> type to the modeling public with their large 40% TOC
> planes. It's a great method for building models.
> Rest assured the Temptation fuse is very strong.
> Believe me I know. I have stressed mine to max and
> expecting to pick up pieces, yet surprised to see
> the plane intact.
> 
>   The gear mounting plates Guerin/Davis et al have
> designed in, are the most robust in the business.
> The European manufacturers should copy this
> approach. I have seen too many ZNLine and PLProd
> gear plates break prematurely on a slightly hard
> landing. 
> 
>   When you scratch the glass with the scriber of the
> height gauge, be careful not to cut the glass. 
> 
>   MattK
>     I cut the hole for the wingtube on my Temptation
> tonight. That is really wierd how stiff the fuse is,
> even to squeeze it, but how easy the dremel sanding
> wheel ate through. I have a set of vertical verniers
> that I used to scratch a horizontal line at the
> proper location, and it easily broke through the
> gelcoat. Not like all my previous fiberglass planes
> at all.
> 


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Bob Kane
getterflash at yahoo.com


		
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