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 Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 7:13 pm Post subject: Dope & Fabric weight |
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That sounds about right. That stuff about the heavy paint is a myth unless you are talking jumbo jet.
The majority of the weight in the can evaporates along with the thinner. Old fashioned lacquers are the lightest,
butyrates in the middle,
and epoxies and polymerizing paints like urethanes are the heaviest. There is no advantage with thick paint
other than being shiny and washable. You could shoot a coat of clear dope on the rags and fly it away.
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On 30, Mar 2010, at 9:30 PM, Richard Pike wrote:
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Just in case anybody else ever wondered what the paint and fabric weighs, tonight I stripped the fabric off the other wing as part of the rebuild of the FSII, and weighed it.
8.5 pounds. Stits process, by the book including silver, color coat, and a trim color. That was for the wing and the aileron.
So probably around 25 pounds or so dope and fabric for a whole airplane?
Richard Pike
MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
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