Thanks Sid. I am going to be very careful to seal any edges to avoid fuel dissolving the foam. I am using West System epoxy which seems to work very well with it. The reason we used it is that it is used quite a lot for gliders and the Europa is made with it to very good effect. Although it is harder to work, (shaping the wings was exhausting and included a shoulder operation!) it is much stronger than PU foam. We are going for an aluminium tank mounted behind the firewall, so fuel spillage onto the wings is less likely to be an issue. I have got a very heavy Grove one piece landing gear which has 3 equally heavy mounting brackets. As weight is a serious issue because I am restricted to 1100lbs max, I have been looking at the Deihl gear, however it looks a little short for operating out of bumpy farm strips. Does anyone know if they do it with longer legs to avoid prop strikes? Peter Drake Hereford UK
----- Original Message ----- From: "smwood" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 3:22 AM Subject: KR> Re: Inspection Peter, Take care not to spill any fuel on the styrofoam; gasoline will dissolve _______________________________________ 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
