Hi Scott!
I suppose this technique would work, but your glass would be
"flat" and you want to bond it to a curved surface. I suppose if
you bonded it to the wing before it completely cured, say within 1
day, it would be flexible enough to conform to the shape OK.
You will still have the task of feathering in the edges to make
a smooth seam.
The other factor is that the foam bond to the glass does provide some
additional stiffness, but since it's not a sandwich, I don't think it's
providing that much additional support.
If dealing with a foam plug is an issue... I suggest using toothpicks
and a hot glue gun to plug the hole, then start sanding. But I would
probably feather the edges of the hole prior to plugging with foam.
-- Ross
On Thu, 8 Apr 2004 20:54:51 -0700, Scott Bailey <[email protected]>
wrote:
> I'm retrofitting a KR2 with DD trigear and I have a question regarding
> the patching of the sizable holes in the wings (between the spars). The
> netters who have chronicled their repair process on web pages seems to
> follow the route of gluing foam back in the hole and laying glass over
> it, as done originally.
> My question is that since the underside of the wing (between the spars)
> is essentially a flat area, could I lay up a fiberglass "sheet" on a
> table that, once dried, could be cut to fit and bonded as done with
> wing skins? That way, it seems that the need to "refoam" the wing
> could be dispensed with. Comments?
>
> Scott Bailey
> Belmont, CA
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