Are you sure you are not using balsa wood? :-) I agree that there are plenty more toxic things in a KR to burn than the wire, including the epoxy. I think that it is a good decision to use aircraft wire because it is very easy to smoke a PVC wire without a fire. Of course, proper circuit protection should prevent that, but not under every circumstance.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Steve and Lori McGee Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 7:46 PM To: [email protected] Subject: KR> Plans, wiring, wood glue rantings. I will throw out observations I have made. This use of epoxy on such a weak wood as this spruce is drastic overkill. It takes little to break the grain of the wood. You could probably build a KR using Liquid Nails and be just as safe. Same goes with this wiring. For those of us with polyurethane foam in the plane, the fact the wire fumes will not be toxic is no relief. As to following plans on a KR few have and there are many true improvements over the original garage builders design. So whats one more here and there. There is NOTHING plans built so far on my plane. I could sell the plans when I am done as they have not built a KR! Though I will not as I will use them for reference in the future when I build a GP4, or P38, or.... Firewall is decided, 2 - 1/16 layers of fiber frax and aluminum for cover and looks. Flamesuit is on. Steve McGee Endeavor Wi. USA Building a KR2S / Vision lookalike widened. [email protected] _______________________________________ to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
