REFLECTOR:Jeffco and strakes

[Ronnie Brown]

I bought the 3 gallon kit from AS&S before Velocity stocked it and found I
had way too much.

I think the best way to install this stuff is to put one good heavy coat and
then stay with it, puncturing the air bubbles that pop up as the Jeffco
heats up.

I put the one good heavy coat on and it all looked great.  But after it
cured I saw many pin holes.  So I sanded and put another coat on.  Guess
what, the pin holes came up again, prompting the "stay with it while it
cures and fill the pin holes with Jeffco" until it is cured.

I had no fuel tank leaks.

Then I painted the inside of the cowl with the remaining Jeffco.  It makes a
good sealer that helps keep the engine oil stains from showing through the
paint on the lower cowls.

Still had a bunch left.  I think you can probably get away with one gallon,
but to be sure you don't run out, get two.

Ronnie

----- Original Message -----
From: "CBarber" <CBarber@texasattorney.net>
To: <reflector@tvbf.org>
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 10:34 PM
Subject: REFLECTOR:Jeffco and strakes


| If I have a good weekend and get my canard mounted I should be starting my
| strakes in the near future.  I am building a standard wing SE and was
| wondering about how much Jeffco I should need to coat the fuel area?
|
| AS&S has it in 8lb and 40lb amounts (I will see if I can get it from
Velo).
| I assume I won't need the 40lb, but how many 8lb would y'all suggest
| (Hopefully only one <g>) TIA.
|
| All the best,
|
| Chris
|
|
| Christopher Barber
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| -----Original Message-----
| From: reflector-admin@tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-admin@tvbf.org]On
| Behalf Of Jim Agnew
| Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 7:54 PM
| To: reflector@tvbf.org
| Subject: Re: REFLECTOR:It must be me....
|
|
| Kurt,
|
| If you go to a marine supply you can get small SS thimbles
| for wire that look like little pulleys.  I drilled mine out
| to 1/4" and used a bolt with two small washers to make the
| thimbles turn.  You crimp the wire on tight and presto, you
| have a cable end that rotates as the rudder horn moves.
|
| Jim
|
| --- NMFlyer1@aol.com wrote:
| > Sometimes I wonder when I get to see the video of my
| > luck.
| >
| > While working on the rudder cables today, I ran across
| > the following:
| >
| > The stainless wire I received with my kit is 14" too
| > short to make the runs
| > as per the plans.
| > (I can always get more... but it is frustrating)
| >
| > My plans say to hook the cable to the rudder horn with
| > the cable thimble. It
| > doesn't fit through the hole without prying it apart, and
| > it won't fit to the
| > edge of the horn without grinding some of the horn away.
| >
| >
| >   The new plans say to install the thimble on an AN-3
| > bolt, washers, etc....
| > but the hole in my rudder horn is an AN-4 hole. Obviously
| > the fit is extremely
| > sloppy. The AN-4 bolt is too big for the thimble.
| > etc.... etc.  Now I had
| > planned on using forked compression fittings on the
| > rudder horn end (like
| > sailboat rigging), but they are too long for the rudder
| > horn pocket.
| >
| > I have a couple ideas on how to fix this defect, but
| > thought I'd ask for
| > input.
| >
| > Thanks,  and laugh loud... I need to hear it  :)
| >
| > Kurt Winker
| >
|
|
| =====
| James F. Agnew
| Jim_Agnew_2@Yahoo.Com
| Tampa, FL
| Velocity 173 Elite Aircraft Completed & Flying
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