REFLECTOR: Getting ready to close out strakes

Peter Braswell peter.braswell at gmail.com
Fri Apr 6 11:43:54 CDT 2012


GREAT idea!  Many thanks!
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On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Douglas Holub <douglas.holub at gmail.com>wrote:

> I used Play-Doh. Worked great.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ullman" <
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>  Before closing out the strakes, try this.  Put duct tape on the strakes
>> and
>> the surface, where ever contact is to be made.  Then take marble sized
>> balls
>> of soft clay and place them every 6 inches on all critical (outside)
>> strakes
>> (I did all strakes).  Then do a dry run of mating, taping and weighting.
>> This accomplishes two things: First it is a dry run.  Second, measure the
>> thickness of the clay when you take the surface back off and you know the
>> thickness of the adhesive.  If a ball doesn't squish at all, then you will
>> have a leak.  I tried to make all the thickness near the same without
>> being
>> anal by building up the strake at low points.
>>
>> David Ullman
>> N-444DX Velocity
>> EAA 292 President
>> david at davidullman.com
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>> Corvallis OR 97330
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