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Old 10-09-2003 | 06:11 AM
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Doug Cronkhite
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Default RE: Aviation Designs "StarJet"

ORIGINAL: Jeremy Ferguson
The Wings are perhaps the only part I was dissappointed in, the obechi soaks up alot of resin when glassing and they are heavy, I think probably 2 pounds could be shed with balsa covered wings and carbon spars vs the fiberglass cloth and then obechi that AD used.
An easy fix to that is an old trick we used to use when we glassed pattern airplane wings back in the old days. Spray a LIGHT coat of hairspray onto the wings before you glass. This will seal the wood just a bit and prevent so much resin from being soaked in.