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WurlyBird

Joined: 16 May 2008
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Location: North Pole, Alaska

Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 6:33 pm Post subject: Re: Carbon Kitfox Crafters

The resin is HTR-212 laminating resin from Aircraft spruce.  I got it because it is much clearer then other systems.  After doing more research, and with my new found experience, I am going to go with something more structural and less viscous if I can find it.  The 212 is not very viscous but thinner would be better for reducing voids I think.



As for the gloss. The flash always makes it look worse then it is.  I plan to do a lay up with thin peel ply as the texture to see how this looks.  All in all I don' think the high gloss is too bad. I don't think it could interfere with the instruments even in direct sunlight. But we will see and the testing will continue.  Posts will continue on the carbon stuff until you all stop reading it.

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Pat Reilly

Joined: 06 Aug 2009
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Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 7:01 pm Post subject: Carbon Kitfox Crafters

Wurly, What about West Systems resins?

  

 Pat Reilly

 On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 9:33 PM, WurlyBird <james.t.trizzino(at)us.army.mil (james.t.trizzino(at)us.army.mil)> wrote:

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The resin is HTR-212 laminating resin from Aircraft spruce.  I got it because it is much clearer then other systems.  After doing more research, and with my new found experience, I am going to go with something more structural and less viscous if I can find it.  The 212 is not very viscous but thinner would be better for reducing voids I think.

 

As for the gloss. The flash always makes it look worse then it is.  I plan to do a lay up with thin peel ply as the texture to see how this looks.  All in all I don' think the high gloss is too bad. I don't think it could interfere with the instruments even in direct sunlight. But we will see and the testing will continue.  Posts will continue on the carbon stuff until you all stop reading it.   

 

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James

Kitfox 3 / 582 / 70&quot; IVO 2 blade GA

50 hrs on the Fox in between deployments,

     now she lies in wait





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