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poneill(at)irealms.com
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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 12:22 pm Post subject: Fiberglass class in Watsonville with RV10 focus

Just to chime following the class...



Dave Saylor's workshop was really great.  It took all the voodoo out of the

composite work on the 10 and was really a huge help in getting past the

"apprehensive thinking" stage into the "comfortable building" stage.



Dave's completed 10 was parked right next to us in the hanger during the

course and was a fantastic reference for both the class subjects and 1000's

of other questions regarding the how's and whys of the 10 build.  (By the

way, Dave's polished wings look fantastic!)  While the primary purpose of

the class was the glasswork, with a completed 10 sitting there next to us,

all manner of questions were answered and Dave was really great in helping

with all types of issues.



Dave was also kind enough to take up 3 loads of eager builders for some time

aloft in his 10 during a break in the weather on Saturday.  Also on Saturday

the guinea pig cabin top was completely trimmed and fit to a QB fuse.  Dave

also covered all composite topics from fairings to doors, to wheel pants and

also covered many tips and tricks for the windows as well.  Dave has a lot

of neat tricks.  In addition to the tricks, he also discussed materials,

tools, material sources, techniques, gotchas, and tips to fix some of the

problems/mistakes you may encounter.



Sunday was spent on more discussion and working on the class project where

each of us made a set of composite wheel chocks.



All in all a fantastic class made even better by the large group of 10

builders in attendance.  It was great both to meet the other builders and

also to partake in the copious note sharing on build decisions and

challenges.  (It was really great to meet all you guys that went!)



I would highly recommend it for anyone at that stage during a future class.

(Dave also asked for recommendations of other class topics to hold, so if

anyone has any particular areas of concern, you might want to drop him a

note.)  It was money extremely well spent.



Also if any of you guys that went post any photos from the class, especially

of that really neat oil door mod and wheel pant intersection fairing mod,

please let me know.



Best Regards,

Patrick #40715 / N690CT



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orchidman

Joined: 10 Jul 2006
Posts: 277
Location: Oklahoma City - KRCE

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 6:24 pm Post subject: Re: Fiberglass class in Watsonville with RV10 focus

This was one GREAT CLASS.  Any one coming close to the middle of their project should watch out for the next time Dave offers this class and JUMP at it.  I believe it has saved me at least a month of build time and cost me another couple weeks to put in all the great ideas I never thought about.



It sure was handy to have a finished example to look at as we cut up a brand new top.  It brought the project to life.



Thanks Dave for a fantastic weekend.

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