REFLECTOR:Wing Voids in Shaw's Wings

[Ronnie Brown]

No I don't know if this was one of the quality issues.

All I heard was general quality issues AND the fact that since Shaw was
building the Atlantica, he was a competitor - and hence the split.  Shaw put
my elevator hinges in and they were off by as much as 1/4" off - bad jigging
or something.  I had to heat the hinges with a heat gun and re pot them in
the proper position.  Otherwise I'm pretty happy with my wings and canard.

Ronnie

----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Derrick" <scott@tnstaafl.net>
To: <reflector@tvbf.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 5:18 PM
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR:Wing Voids in Shaw's Wings


| Ronnie,
|
| I had heard from an inside source who wanted to remain anonymous that
| Velocity had experienced some quality issues with the later shaw wings
| that he wouldn't fess up to and that was part of the reason they(shaw
| and velocity) split the sheets.
|
| Do you know if this is one of the disputed quality issues?
|
| Scott
|
| Ronnie Brown wrote:
| > Yes, that is correct.  As I understand it, Alan used female molds
similar to
| > the way the fuselage is done, except the wings are solid so I would
imagine
| > it is difficult to get the triax to stay against the mold when the foam
is
| > laid in.  There is a scattering of 25 or so of these large pits over
about a
| > 5 foot section of the leading edge on the left wing and 3 similar pits
on
| > the leading edge of the right side winglet.  I'm sure these would have
| > popped if I had put the final paint on it too, so I'm happy I waited.  I
| > still have a bit of right wing heavy so I need to put a shim in which
will
| > require a little rework of the wing to strake joint.
| >
| > Ronnie
| >
| >
| > ----- Original Message -----
| > From: "Scott Derrick" <scott@tnstaafl.net>
| > To: <reflector@tvbf.org>
| > Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 3:30 PM
| > Subject: Re: REFLECTOR:Wing Voids in Shaw's Wings
| >
| >
| > | Yeah I thought that odd too?  Did the rain bust the skin over the
voids?
| > |
| > | Scott
| > |
| > | Chuck Jensen wrote:
| > |
| > | > Ronnie,
| > | >
| > | > How were the rain and voids related?  That's an odd one, or is it?
| > | >
| > | > Chuck
| > | >
| > | > -----Original Message-----
| > | > From: reflector-admin@tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-admin@tvbf.org]On
| > | > Behalf Of Ronnie Brown
| > | > Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 10:20 AM
| > | > To: reflector@tvbf.org
| > | > Subject: REFLECTOR:Wing Voids in Shaw's Wings
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > Hi Chuck I'm here!
| > | >
| > | > But fixing to go to the airport to fly a bit (its been awfully murky
| > around
| > | > here for a week!) and then fill a bunch of little voids (approx 20 -
| > 1/8"
| > | > dia in the left wing leading edge) that I found after running
through
| > some
| > | > heavy rain on the way back from Oshkosh.
| > | >
| > | > Glad I haven't put the final paint on yet!!!
| > | >
| > | > Ronnie
| > | >
| > | > ----- Original Message -----
| > | > From: "Chuck Jensen" <cjensen@dts9000.com>
| > | > To: <reflector@tvbf.org>
| > | > Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 10:53 AM
| > | > Subject: REFLECTOR:Test
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > | No postings for two days???
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