If you know in advance that you are going to leave your plane outside while you are building and getting ready to paint, just make sure you apply the appropriate UV barrier primer before paint . That was always stressed by Burt Rutan as a must on a composite aircraft plus White Paint. Take a piece of raw urethane foam, (rigid or flexible) and lay it outside in the sun for a while. You will see the foam surface structure fail fairly quickly. Once that surface barrier deteriorates from high heat or UV, then your fiberglass skin is loose. I like the PVC foams for wings. Dow Chemical Styrofoam is good also, not the expanded (bead)polystyrene like a cheap root beer cooler would be made from. I would definately figure out a way to cover a KR airplane if it were left outside, limit mother natures destruction of it. Larry H.
----- Original Message ---- From: Randy Smith <[email protected]> To: KRnet <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 8:21:11 PM Subject: RE: Réf. : KR> KR2S Life Span At what point do you decide to recover? Before or after the wing deliminats. Most of the time the glass will deliminat on the inside. That is why part of the new fighters service is a ultrasound of the fiberglass parts. --- Brian Kraut <[email protected]> wrote: > When I had mine outside I was saving about $250 a > month over a hanger. I > figured that if it lasted 10 years outside that I > would have saved enough > money to buy two more KRs with engines and radios. > > > Brian Kraut > Engineering Alternatives, Inc. > www.engalt.com > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Thousands of jobs, millions of opportunities at > seek.com.au > http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fninemsn%2Eseek%2Ecom%2Eau&_t > =757263760&_r=Hotmail_EndText_Oct06&_m=EXT > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to > [email protected] > please see other KRnet info at > http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > > > > " Ce courriel et les documents qui y sont attaches > peuvent contenir des > informations confidentielles. Si vous n'etes pas le > destinataire escompte, > merci d'en informer l'expediteur immediatement et de > detruire ce courriel > ainsi que tous les documents attaches de votre > systeme informatique. Toute > divulgation, distribution ou copie du present > courriel et des documents > attaches sans autorisation prealable de son emetteur > est interdite." > > " This e-mail and any attached documents may contain > confidential or > proprietary information. If you are not the intended > recipient, please > advise the sender immediately and delete this e-mail > and all attached > documents from your computer system. Any > unauthorised disclosure, > distribution or copying hereof is prohibited." > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to > [email protected] > please see other KRnet info at > http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to > [email protected] > please see other KRnet info at > http://www.krnet.org/info.html > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
