REFLECTOR: Filler for wingtips

[Andy Millin]

Keith,

Buy the pour foam kit from wicks.  www.wicksaircraft.com  The 4lb. kit is in
two bottles of about a liter each.  Probably makes more than two cubic feet.
It is about $14 bucks before shipping.  Do a search for "Instafoam."  Cures
pretty fast and is easy to cut and sand afterward.

Mix it 1:1 and stir like mad for 60 seconds.  Then you'll need to have it
all poured in about the next 10-15 seconds.

Best,

Andy

-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org]On
Behalf Of KeithHallsten
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 10:22 PM
To: reflector at tvbf.org
Subject: REFLECTOR: Filler for wingtips


What is everyone using to fill canard tips, winglet tips, and lower winglets
these days?  I went by my local West Marine this morning to pick up a little
kit of polyurethane pour foam, and the only size they had cost 85 bucks!
After re-inserting my eyes in their sockets, I noticed that this kit would
produce 2 cubic feet of foam, which is a lot more than I will need.  At that
price, I could just whomp up a dry batch of Alphaepoxy/microballoon and use
that!

How about the pressurized cans of foam sealant at Home Depot?  The resilient
latex type probably isn't what we're looking for, but they may still have
the "semi-rigid polyurethane" type.  Any other good ideas?

Keith Hallsten
XLFG - installed rudders on winglets today


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