You may find this crazy and completely unecessary, which it was. But, a buddy of mine many years did an experiment with a Skybolt. Believe this or not, he built the whole plane using only 1-hour EPOXY. It sounds crazy, but it actually worked really well. HE would mix small amounts and use little drops on everything, even for the framework. When he was done, that plane didn't weigh anymore than he expected and was well within the weigh specs of the design.

One day he came in for a landing, caught a sidewind (yeah right), lost it and cartwheeled most beautifully down the grass runway about 4 times over. Looked just like Mary Lou Retton, YEEHAWWW!!!!!

Amazingly, that little plane came out with just a few dings. He had it flying in a couple days after fixing the covering and filling a few dings. Granted, it is a pretty beefy little plane to begin with, but this little epoxied version was about the toughest little bipe I have ever seen.

Now, I am not saying in any way that we should build our planes with nothing but epoxy. But I thought it would make a good story.

Patriot