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Old 02-03-2005 | 01:34 AM
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Default RE: Impact

If I continue down my truly conservative road to building Impact number 2, I am inclined to follow the suggestion in another thread of putting three oval formers in the fuz (I think it was Matt's suggestion) to ensure the integrity of the oval shape stays in place, as well as the ladder. This tackles three (likely very minor) risks that may exist with the ladder only if whatever is causing our issues puts the fuz at that point in tension (ie, sides pulling away from the ladder). I would rather have something in compression on the vertical axis stopping the deformation in parallel.
- The first is that I am not 100% confident I can get a really good contact/bond to the inner surface of the composite all the way down the fuz on both sides (and if I do it may weigh more than the ladder!);
- The second is I am not sure of the best glue to use -- I have been sanding and cleaning the inner surface, and using epoxy, but it clearly isn't a full strength bond to whatever the inner surface of the composite is -- any ideas on better glues to use (I am not familiar with some of the ones mentioned above)?
- The third is that when I do get a good bond, on the samples I have been playing with on the broken fuz, I can pull the inner layer off the composite.

You may call me paranoid . . .