REFLECTOR: What would you do - not do?

[Richard J. Gentil]

Steve,

Is there a history of AIDS from kits? (My wife complains some about it, 
but since she is a pilot, she cannot wait to fly it too.) I did see alot 
of it in the airlines due to the 3 and 4 day trips, expecially when a 
plane mechanicals and the pilot ends up home early/unexpected!

Remember:

"Guns do not kill people, husbands who come home early do." ;-)

Richard

Steve Goldman wrote:

> Ron Brown wrote:
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>> 2 - Commit to the building process.  You'll need to set a building 
>> schedule - stick to it.  The only way you will complete your airplane 
>> is to work on it every day - or every week.  It is too easy to say 
>> "I'll get back on it next week or next month".  Next thing you know, 
>> it has been sitting in the corner, collecting dust after several 
>> months of inactivity.
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> I've pretty much committed to a long building schedule to avoid AIDS.
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>> 3 - Get a ride every once in a while to keep the juices flowing!  I'd 
>> be happy to fly over and check your project out (I am an EAA 
>> Technical Counselor) from time to time.
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> I can't turn that down! There is actually another Velocity builder on
> the airstrip where I live (Vlad Oleynik) by coincidence.
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>> 4 - There's a lot of neat tricks for working with fiberglass and 
>> epoxy.  I picked up several during a 2 hour Sun-n-Fun fiberglass 
>> workshop put on by SportAir.  Like:
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> Two weeks ago I took the EAA 2 day workshop on composites. It went a long
> way to making me confident about my technique.
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>>   d - make sure the shop is at least 70 degrees.  The Velocity 
>> supplied epoxy is a slow setting, long pot life epoxy.  It won't 
>> harden if the temp is below 70 degrees.  You can use heat lamps or 
>> temporary enclosures to heat the lay up for 24 hours.  The typical 
>> cure rate seems to be three days before it really gets hard.  Within 
>> this three days, you can heat it up and change the shape somewhat.
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> I'm actually in the process of putting a 2nd floor in the back 1/3rd of
> my hangar to do the building. I'm going to heat and a/c it so that the
> building conditions are tolerable.
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>> Have fun.  If you get stumped, ASK!!!  There are no dumb questions!  
>> The factory and Reflector are here to help you!!!!!!!!!  By the way, 
>> what are you building?
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> I'll be certain to have questions once the real work starts.
> I've ordered an XL-5 RG, may as well go for it if you're going to go.
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