I have a tower uproar 60 plane that I am getting ready to cover with monocote. This will be my first attempt at covering a plane. I have a tower hobbies iron, hot sock cover for the iron, and a nice hairdryer at my disposal. I am looking for any resources out there or website links that gives a good tutorial on covering. THanks.

Having recently completed my first covering job, an LT-Kadet 40, I would offer the following suggestions:

Get a thermometer and set your iron at the proper temperature as recommedned by the manufacturer, too hot an iron and the covering dosn't seal well.

Practice on some scap pieces to get the feel of how the covering is aplied and how it confoms to the structure. I went as far as to build some open frame pieces to practice on as well.

Stretch the covering well before adhering, if you don't stretch it enough, you won't get it tight.

Make sure you have alot and I mean alot of sharp blades, Monokote dulls them faster than anything.

have several straight edges of varying lenght

I found a trim iron very helpful

Becareful not to get the heat gun too close, or leave it over one area too long. It is frustrating to have to patch up those burn holes in new covering.

Harry Higleys Book was very helpful, also, MinnFlyers How-to was very helpful

and Finally, be very patient. Patience, care and persistnace pay off in the end.

Best of Luck,

Victor

Here's a place to start:

http://www.monokote.com/monoinst1.html

Enjoy

And here's the article vkernus was referring to:

http://www.rcuniverse.com/reviews.ph...ew&reviewid=67

advise: don't burn yourself with your iron get your fingers out of the way soon enough, it really hurts

Actually, the iron is not so bad...

Burning yourself with the HEAT GUN... Now THAT hurts!

Burning a hole through your freshly covered wing with the heat gun...That Really hurts

Sbaugz,
If your planning on using an ordinary hairdryer go ahead and get one specifically for covering. They get hotter to shrink (and burn) covering better. The Trim seal iron and the coverite thermometer to set iron temp are both must have items. You want to use as little heat as possible to shrink the covering. If you used alot of heat up front then you may not have much capacity to shrink later if needed. I always leave my freshly covered planes out in full sun a day so any sagging or wrinkles will happen then remove them with a pass of the iron or a careful pass with the heat gun. Pete

Wow, thanks for the great advice and links. This should help me out greatly.