Looking for videos and links on "Fiberglass for Dummies"
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I am paying a fiberglass expert to come and work with me for a day when I come back, and I have had some experience working on sailboats. I'd like to prepare a little before. Can you please share links to online video resources and documents to read up before my one day intensive?
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Thanks Robert -- Robert "TheFrisco" Schmid (408) 805-5450 www.facebook.com/TheFlyingFriscos www.theflyingfriscos.com Love building planes almost as much as flying. Latest completed build is "Loki", a Chinook Plus 2 bush plane.
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I gathered some documents a while back. I uploaded to my dropbox here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/142bl3c2lvw5d5j/AACcgXTVoyuJ6o9XQTEPTw7la?dl=0
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Hope it helps. Corbin
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Corbin N121CG
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Before you let the “expert” do anything to your plane, make sure YOU have read and are familiar with the following document: http://n8wq.scheevel.com/documents/RAF_composite_education_section_from_Q2Plans.pdf The expert may be familiar with the most modern techniques, but unfamiliar with how your plane was actually constructed 35 years ago. Sometimes mixing techniques can lead to unanticipated consequences. If you are familiar with the techniques in the above document, at least you can ask intelligent questions if someone is telling you how it needs to be done.
Cheers, jay
From: main@Q-List.groups.io <main@Q-List.groups.io> On Behalf Of Robert Schmid
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2022 11:53 AM To: main@Q-List.groups.io Subject: [Q-List] Looking for videos and links on "Fiberglass for Dummies"
I am paying a fiberglass expert to come and work with me for a day when I come back, and I have had some experience working on sailboats. I'd like to prepare a little before. Can you please share links to online video resources and documents to read up before my one day intensive?
I have done a good cruise of YouTube but not much is about the little gritty stuff that we do with our Quickies and wet layups. I figured the Quickie brain trust here may have some resources ready to share. And if you are in the mood to come and visit and do some with me, the more the merrier ;-)
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Jay - The "expert" has built 3 Quickies ;-) and thanks for the document, will read for sure!
-- Robert "TheFrisco" Schmid (408) 805-5450 www.facebook.com/TheFlyingFriscos www.theflyingfriscos.com Love building planes almost as much as flying. Latest completed build is "Loki", a Chinook Plus 2 bush plane.
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If that’s the case, you can probably just use his name and we will all know better who is advising you.
Cheers, Jay
From: main@Q-List.groups.io <main@Q-List.groups.io> On Behalf Of Robert Schmid
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2022 12:03 PM To: main@Q-List.groups.io Subject: Re: [Q-List] Looking for videos and links on "Fiberglass for Dummies"
Jay - The "expert" has built 3 Quickies ;-) and thanks for the document, will read for sure!
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From: main@Q-List.groups.io <main@Q-List.groups.io> On Behalf Of Robert Schmid
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2022 11:53 AM To: main@Q-List.groups.io Subject: [Q-List] Looking for videos and links on "Fiberglass for Dummies"
I am paying a fiberglass expert to come and work with me for a day when I come back, and I have had some experience working on sailboats. I'd like to prepare a little before. Can you please share links to online video resources and documents to read up before my one day intensive?
I have done a good cruise of YouTube but not much is about the little gritty stuff that we do with our Quickies and wet layups. I figured the Quickie brain trust here may have some resources ready to share. And if you are in the mood to come and visit and do some with me, the more the merrier ;-)
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I’m only 31 minutes in and thoroughly enjoying this video. Thanks Jay!
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Corbin
On May 20, 2022, at 1:14 PM, Jay Scheevel <jay@...> wrote:
-- Corbin N121CG
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Mike Dwyer
Boat fiberglass is different because your not really concerned with weight. The plans start off with you building a test part. Highly advise you do this first. Here in Fl we have a shop that can supply almost anything you need. https://www.fgci.com/products/ Some pretty good info there too. We use epoxy as it won't dissolve the blue/pink foam. Vinyl Esters will dissolve it. 8 oz BID is a good material for making the mag box. You'll soon learn that if the radius of your bend is too tight, you'll have problems. You always use 45 degree fibers at bends, 90 degree will lift up and leave an air gap that has no strength. When making repairs you don't want to mix epoxy's and Vinyl Esters. Stick with whatever the structure was built from. I know your converting a Q2 to a Q200. Have you studied all the many differences in the planes? The GU canard spar ends about 4 feet from the wing tips. A hard landing will break the canard there. Got any tailwheel time? Do you have a full set of Q200 plans? Check out: https://www.pielandings.com/q200/q1.html Fly Safe, Mike Dwyer YouTube Videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/FlyMeAirplane/videos Q200 Website: http://goo.gl/V8IrJF
On Fri, May 20, 2022 at 1:52 PM Robert Schmid <robert@...> wrote: I am paying a fiberglass expert to come and work with me for a day when I come back, and I have had some experience working on sailboats. I'd like to prepare a little before. Can you please share links to online video resources and documents to read up before my one day intensive?
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Answers to your questions ...
- I fly exclusively tailwheels - I did buy the plans - I understand the canards are different, not planning to redo the canard but go with VGs similar to Martin Summer / Corbin's plane Thanks Mile for the link with all the pages, Robert -- Robert "TheFrisco" Schmid (408) 805-5450 www.facebook.com/TheFlyingFriscos www.theflyingfriscos.com Love building planes almost as much as flying. Latest completed build is "Loki", a Chinook Plus 2 bush plane.
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Robert,
You will have some time while you are restoring your plan in order to do this. I suggest you get some time in some very fast-landing, touchy, planes. Find an instructor with a Pitts S2 or maybe talk to Corbin and see if he can get you together with one of his GameBird buddies. Getting used to how fast things happen on approach will help you a lot. Maybe Jim Patillo can take you around the pattern a few times when you get closer to flying yours, just to familiarize you with the look out of the cockpit on short final and landing. My 2-cents
Cheers, Jay
From: main@Q-List.groups.io <main@Q-List.groups.io> On Behalf Of Robert Schmid
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2022 1:15 PM To: main@Q-List.groups.io Subject: Re: [Q-List] Looking for videos and links on "Fiberglass for Dummies"
Answers to your questions ...
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I currently fly an RV4 which is fast but not as fast as a Quickie. And YES I will try to partner up with Jim and hopefully get some time in the seat next to him. There also is a school that teaches in Pitts just a little south and I will take a look at that.
Thanks Robert -- Robert "TheFrisco" Schmid (408) 805-5450 www.facebook.com/TheFlyingFriscos www.theflyingfriscos.com Love building planes almost as much as flying. Latest completed build is "Loki", a Chinook Plus 2 bush plane.
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