ORIGINAL: Malcolm H
JFetter (wish you would use your first name - its easier to be friendly!)
Installing the ladder is 10 minutes work. Use the supplied foam crutch as a tempate to fabricate the balsa one. Slide in the fuz and sand where necessary to get contact along its length.
Sand the inside of the fuz to remove any mould release agent (attach paper to balsa sticks with doublesided foam pads to get compliance).
Coat the ladder with 20 min epoxy mixed with chopped cellulose fibres and slide in place - job done!
Malcolm
Malcolm,
Thanks! It certainly sounds easier than I expected, probably easier to get a good glue joint as well with more surface area to work with (compared to the foam), I think that's the route I'll take as well.
What do you think of my desire to use Aeropoxy for pretty much all the joints? I would always use this for gluing a firewall but considering the materials here (glass and composite), it seems like the ideal bonding solution? have you worked with this stuff before? I like that it doesn't droop (it's called a "thixotropic" which according to their web site (BVMJets.com), means that it stays where you put it and won't run), I have had great success with this stuff in the past and the joint is like iron when cured.
Jack (JFetter)