[NSRCA-discussion] Wing Construction

[wgalligan]

 Terry and I talked about this and using a credit card to spread the glue
 works good.  Then use the cheap foam rollers to remove excess glue and this
 gives the surface an even coat.  I find using a roller helps to bubble the
 glue.  I think this adds more surface area and helps get the glue activated
 along with a light misting of the cores with water.  Of course Terry and I
 use urethane glue.   Apply glue to all areas of the wood sheeting.  The 
glue
 adds additional strength in the open areas of the wing.  I just happened to
 have a wrecked wing that I could prove this with.  I had lightened the 
cores
 by coring the thicker sections of the wing.  One area that had little or no
 glue was much easier to puncture.
 Other then the water this would work well with epoxy also.

 Wayne Galligan

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Duane Beck" <duane.e.beck at comcast.net>
> To: "NSRCA Mailing List" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 10:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Wing Construction
>
>
>> Nat Penton wrote:
>>> To skin a foam core with contest grade balsa does anyone have a
>>> preferred way to determine when the amount of epoxy applied is adequate
>>> - using Easy Lam epoxy. I have been reluctant to use a squeegie,
>>> afraid of scoring the balsa. Would appreciate any
>>> comments.                            Nat
>>
>> Have you seen Terry Brox's web site on balsa skinned wings?  Perhaps
>> there's some useful info there.  He uses polyurethane glue and a foam
>> roller though.
>>
>> http://www.mackrc.net/patternwings2/index.htm
>>
>> Duane
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