August 22nd 10, 10:03 PM
On Aug 22, 2:15*pm, Brad > wrote:
> On Aug 22, 10:12*am, wrote:
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> > On Aug 22, 12:15*pm, Bob Kuykendall > wrote:
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> > > On Aug 21, 2:55 pm, ryanglover1969 > wrote:
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> > > > Very interesting indeed!
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> > > Blather aside, I'm thinking that the tool in question is a waviness
> > > gauge such as the one I made for checking plugs and molds:
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> > >http://www.hpaircraft.com/hp-24/update_11_october_04.htm
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> > > My experience, backed by template checks on a variety of sailplanes,
> > > is that getting the waviness below .004" is a lot more important than
> > > making the airfoil exactly match the intended contour.
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> > > Thanks, Bob K.
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> > >http://www.hpaircraft.com/hp-24
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> > BLATHER! You call JJ's safety device blather?
> > Geez. It makes as much sense as a lot of what I read on here.
> > It's raining and I'm stuck in the shop. This is my only relief so
> > humor me.
> > My experience differs from yours. A wave free wing with the wrong
> > contour may , and commonly does, result in a smooth P.O.S. *A lot of
> > ships, particularly older ones, don't have the leading edge contour
> > correct. This can have a larger effect on performance than waves.
> > And- once you put the gage, or in my case my hand, on the wing and
> > find a wave, how do you decide what to do about it? *The obvious
> > answer is sand the high area off. As often as not, this is the wrong
> > thing to do.
> > Sanding wings is pretty much the last thing you do to improve
> > performance, after doing all the other things that are easier and less
> > likely to go wrong.
> > UH
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> Hank, are you a Jedi at the LE sanding board wrist flip? Someday I do
> hope you can look at my HP-24 wing and see what you
> think.................the LE is indeed a very difficult area!
>
> I'm far from bored today: I've already sanded the primer down to 150,
> applied several brush dabs of primer to some small craters, and now am
> about to make up a bunch of Mousebgone................which is how I
> pay for my soaring addiction(s)
>
> Cheers,
> Brad- Hide quoted text -
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Only the most worthy are taught the secret of the leading edge wrist
flip. The rumor that it resembles ordering another Bud Lite are sadly
just that- rumors.
UH
> On Aug 22, 10:12*am, wrote:
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> > On Aug 22, 12:15*pm, Bob Kuykendall > wrote:
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> > > On Aug 21, 2:55 pm, ryanglover1969 > wrote:
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> > > > Very interesting indeed!
>
> > > Blather aside, I'm thinking that the tool in question is a waviness
> > > gauge such as the one I made for checking plugs and molds:
>
> > >http://www.hpaircraft.com/hp-24/update_11_october_04.htm
>
> > > My experience, backed by template checks on a variety of sailplanes,
> > > is that getting the waviness below .004" is a lot more important than
> > > making the airfoil exactly match the intended contour.
>
> > > Thanks, Bob K.
>
> > >http://www.hpaircraft.com/hp-24
>
> > BLATHER! You call JJ's safety device blather?
> > Geez. It makes as much sense as a lot of what I read on here.
> > It's raining and I'm stuck in the shop. This is my only relief so
> > humor me.
> > My experience differs from yours. A wave free wing with the wrong
> > contour may , and commonly does, result in a smooth P.O.S. *A lot of
> > ships, particularly older ones, don't have the leading edge contour
> > correct. This can have a larger effect on performance than waves.
> > And- once you put the gage, or in my case my hand, on the wing and
> > find a wave, how do you decide what to do about it? *The obvious
> > answer is sand the high area off. As often as not, this is the wrong
> > thing to do.
> > Sanding wings is pretty much the last thing you do to improve
> > performance, after doing all the other things that are easier and less
> > likely to go wrong.
> > UH
>
> Hank, are you a Jedi at the LE sanding board wrist flip? Someday I do
> hope you can look at my HP-24 wing and see what you
> think.................the LE is indeed a very difficult area!
>
> I'm far from bored today: I've already sanded the primer down to 150,
> applied several brush dabs of primer to some small craters, and now am
> about to make up a bunch of Mousebgone................which is how I
> pay for my soaring addiction(s)
>
> Cheers,
> Brad- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
Only the most worthy are taught the secret of the leading edge wrist
flip. The rumor that it resembles ordering another Bud Lite are sadly
just that- rumors.
UH