KR> Help In GA

2015-05-20 Thread bjoenunley
Does anyone ?live near Peachtree Georgia? ? Or is anyone on the way to the Aircraftspruce East facility? I need a 4x4 by 1/8 inch sheet of plywood to finish ?up ?my fuselage. I will be driving to Atlanta GA Saturday ?night after ?aircraftspruce is closed and leaving before they open on

KR> Weight and balance

2015-05-20 Thread Flesner
At 07:26 PM 5/20/2015, you wrote: >Has anyone ever tried to support the airplane under the stub wing and lift >up on it with the wings +++ If you accurately weigh and measure the airplane you can "lift the airplane" with pencil and paper.

KR> Weight and balance

2015-05-20 Thread CraigW
Yes I do the same thing with my RC planes. I have every intention of doing it before I fly my plane. Because after all I am human... Craig www.kr2seafury.com Frankenstein Lycoming powered > On May 20, 2015 at 8:26 PM dean choitz via KRnet > wrote: > > > Has anyone ever tried to support

KR> Weight and balance

2015-05-20 Thread Dave Acklam
You will punch through and a block will crush foam... Iirc w is best done with 3 scales, one under each wheel... You can then calculate cg from the weight diff On May 20, 2015 5:27 PM, "dean choitz via KRnet" wrote: > Has anyone ever tried to support the airplane under the stub wing and lift >

KR> Weight and balance

2015-05-20 Thread dean choitz
Has anyone ever tried to support the airplane under the stub wing and lift up on it with the wings attached tail feathers completed get in the plane engine on the firewall fuel empty fuel full that's the way I did it in the radio control airplane days or would something break or poke a hole in the

KR> Great stuff expanding foam

2015-05-20 Thread peter
This stuff takes some experimentation to use well. I always underestimate how much it will expand. For good adhesion apply a small bead to all surfaces and let the foam fill towards itself. Large balls of foam contain large voids of gas. Don't heat expanding foam if you want small cell size.

KR> Great stuff expanding foam

2015-05-20 Thread Mike T
Somewhere in the Newsletters, it says that ALL expanding foam should be warmed after setting and before sanding to shape. That will cause it to finish expanding. Mike Taglieri On May 18, 2015 12:40 AM, "Paul Visk via KRnet" wrote: > I think I made a mistake. I had some voids in my turtle deck