Plug for Great Planes Giles 202 cowling
08-23-2011, 11:46 AM
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Plug for Great Planes Giles 202 cowling
I would like to make a fiberglass cowling for the Great Planes Giles 202 .46 airplane and was wondering if someone out there might have a plug that I might borrow?
08-24-2011, 12:07 PM
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RE: Plug for Great Planes Giles 202 cowling
If you still have the ABS kit parts, you already have your mold. Throw a couple coats of partall wax and them some PVA on the inside of the ABS parts, lay some cloth and epoxy resin and pull out a ice fiberglass part. I do this all the time.
08-25-2011, 07:46 AM
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RE: Plug for Great Planes Giles 202 cowling
Hi winglift,
Do you need one of this?
speedracer is right. If you still have the ABS cowl complete, you can build your own FG cowl using that as a mold. The caviat is if you do it from the inside, the new FG will be slightly smaller. Maybe that's not a problem. What I did was to use it for creating a negative mold. Then, I built my cowl from it. It is an exact replica.
PRG
Do you need one of this?
speedracer is right. If you still have the ABS cowl complete, you can build your own FG cowl using that as a mold. The caviat is if you do it from the inside, the new FG will be slightly smaller. Maybe that's not a problem. What I did was to use it for creating a negative mold. Then, I built my cowl from it. It is an exact replica.
PRG
08-31-2011, 05:41 AM
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RE: Plug for Great Planes Giles 202 cowling
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Hi winglift,
Do you need one of this?
speedracer is right. If you still have the ABS cowl complete, you can build your own FG cowl using that as a mold. The caviat is if you do it from the inside, the new FG will be slightly smaller. Maybe that's not a problem. What I did was to use it for creating a negative mold. Then, I built my cowl from it. It is an exact replica.
PRG
Hi winglift,
Do you need one of this?
speedracer is right. If you still have the ABS cowl complete, you can build your own FG cowl using that as a mold. The caviat is if you do it from the inside, the new FG will be slightly smaller. Maybe that's not a problem. What I did was to use it for creating a negative mold. Then, I built my cowl from it. It is an exact replica.
PRG
08-31-2011, 07:12 AM
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RE: Plug for Great Planes Giles 202 cowling
winglift,
I still have one of the test FG cowls I did when learning this stuff. It is not perfect but it will serve its purpose. I can give it to you if you cover for the shipping and materials. It has not been cut. You can use it in your Giles or you can prepare it to be a plug.
Let me know if you want it.
Pedro
I still have one of the test FG cowls I did when learning this stuff. It is not perfect but it will serve its purpose. I can give it to you if you cover for the shipping and materials. It has not been cut. You can use it in your Giles or you can prepare it to be a plug.
Let me know if you want it.
Pedro
08-31-2011, 01:11 PM
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RE: Plug for Great Planes Giles 202 cowling
ORIGINAL: prgonzalez
winglift,
I still have one of the test FG cowls I did when learning this stuff. It is not perfect but it will serve its purpose. I can give it to you if you cover for the shipping and materials. It has not been cut. You can use it in your Giles or you can prepare it to be a plug.
Let me know if you want it.
Pedro
winglift,
I still have one of the test FG cowls I did when learning this stuff. It is not perfect but it will serve its purpose. I can give it to you if you cover for the shipping and materials. It has not been cut. You can use it in your Giles or you can prepare it to be a plug.
Let me know if you want it.
Pedro
