I dont feel that plywood is a good choice. I know it is proven for many
years but why not make it stronger and most likley lighter using fiberglass
to get a perfect smooth finsh? It's not as if im changing the airframe to
accept the fiberglass, it is still a stock KR2S airframe unlike the other
fiberglass boats which make complex shapes.
It's actually not much work to use this fiberglass skinning. I draw on
the foam and cut it out, it will take me about an hour to do the whole
fuselage and then applying the glass (2 people) will be about another hour
X 2 (inside and out). Sanding the foam will take a few hours.
I did a test with the glass and the wood being varnished completly and
then sanded down. The results were as expected. The fully varnished wood was
mearly bardly holding on while the sanded wood (cleaning it first) stuck to
the point where I could not pull it apart.
Justin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Heath" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: KR>My KR2S
RE: Sound like it would work to you guys?
You had to ask, didn't you? Who knows if it will or won't. Probably, but
what do you have against wood? What it really sounds like to me, is, A LOT
OF WORK.
N64KR
Daniel R. Heath - Columbia, SC
[email protected]
See you in Red Oak - 2003
See our KR at http://KR-Builder.org - Click on the pic
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-------Original Message-------
From: KR builders and pilots
List-Post: [email protected]
Date: Friday, July 11, 2003 10:42:08 AM
To: KR builders and pilots
Subject: Re: KR>My KR2S
As you might not know is that im not using typical plywood skins. I will be
using fiberglass skins in a sandwhich form meaning im putting foam inbetween
the wood. I will varnish the entire airplane but only one coat on the
outsides that is sanded. Remember the fiberglass will bond to the foam
extremly well and the wood but say my wood isnt correct in some place, I
will fill the gap using flox which is stronger than the wood.
Sound like it would work to you guys?
Justin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Jones" <[email protected]>
To: "KR builders and pilots" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 6:18 AM
Subject: Re: KR>My KR2S
> Justin.
> In the photo of your boat you state you are varnishing the wood. Do not
> varnish it until you have skinned it, and completed the plywood gussets
> around the main spar, added your rear bulkhead, etc. If you do, you will
not
> get a good bond between the frame and skins. You are going to have to do a
> lot of sanding to get back to bare wood to skin the frame.
>
> Mark Jones (N886MJ)
> Wales, WI USA
> E-mail me at [email protected]
> Visit my KR-2S CorvAIRCRAFT web site at
> http://mywebpage.netscape.com/n886mj/homepage.html
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Justin" <[email protected]>
> To: "KR builders and pilots" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 12:46 AM
> Subject: Re: KR>My KR2S
>
>
> > http://www.geocities.com/attngrabber14/kr2s.html
> >
> > Forgot the link
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Justin" <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 12:46 AM
> > Subject: KR>My KR2S
> >
> >
> > Here is a link to my website. I just bought a digital camera and took a
> few
> > pictures of my project with it. I had a bad experience with a normal
> camera,
> > the film place LOST my film which included all of my construction
photo's
> on
> > it so this digital camera will prevent that.
> >
> > Justin
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