Bob, I would respond with a couple of reasons why I would not do this. First, in the interest of weight, I would watch every little place you might add weight. Some of us have ended up with some pretty hefty KR's and I am one of them. It will start to add up like a domino effect towards the end. Also, it is an unproven plan as far as I know or at least in a KR. Yes, its experiemtal and you can do what you want. Last, I also enjoy the hobby of restoring and building cars, sports cars and in my sons recent SCCA race car we have delt a lot with bonding of dissimular materials. Specifically, metal and fiberglass. I am by no means an expert and I have had success and sometimes cosmetic issues when bonding two different surfaces like metal and fiberglass that have different reactions to heat, cold and stress. At the very least you will probably fight spider line cracking. I really think you will have issues with the differences differences in how aluminum will react to heat and cold if you make your turtle deck out of aluminum and bond it to a wood and fiberglass boat. But, I know there are a lot of guys on here that know a lot more about this subject then me that are on this forum. Jeff York Georgetwon Scott County Airport KR2 2010 Gathering Peoples Choice, Best Interior 2011 Airfest Best Experiemental, Best Instrument, Best Interior
________________________________ From: Robert Boyd <ifly...@gmail.com> To: KRnet <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 9:22 AM Subject: KR> Horses and KR'S Have you ever heard the saying nice guys get screwed? Well back in February 2012 I purchased my partially completed KR-2S project from a friend in my EAA chapter with a big dream of jumping in and getting er done. Well now for the nice guy part. Being my passion is building and flying and my wife's passion is horses, I got the bright idea to be a nice guy and in April bought my wife two horses. DON'T GO THERE!!! I didn't stop to think about who was going to spend every evening and every weekend digging fence post holes and building a barn. Not bad if you have helpers which I did not. I just finished fencing enough property for the big boys and the barn. I am now ready to get back into the building. I have a question for you experts, I was thinking of making metal bulk heads and covering with metal for the rear deck instead of foam and glass. Any thoughts on weight, strength or pros cons? Sincerely Just horsin around with a KR2 Bob Boyd Frazeysburg Ohio. _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
