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Old 08-10-2009, 02:09 PM
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I read that the .010" is the same as Flite Skin, the product that has detailed markings printed on it. It is designed to replace balsa and FG skin, but will not cover compound curves.

The plane I'm working on here was glassed last night on the underside. I first laid down a 4 inch wide strip of 4 oz cloth from wingtip to tip, then laid down 1.5 oz cloth over the entire underside. No vacuum bag, just allowed to lay there and ferment. The end result was dozens of little bubbles that formed sometime during the night.....now I can see why bagging is SOP. I don't have this problem on smaller projects where the cloth is tacked with 3M77 before the epoxy is spread out.
So...this plane isn't going to be finished up with too much attention to detail. I'm just going to slam the rest of it together and fly it. I was trying to see if a project like this could be done without $30-40 worth of balsa skin....not be me I guess.