"Kirk Stant" wrote in message
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I prefer to vigorously go over the entire ship (including the canopy)
with nice fine steel wool - gets rid of all the bugs and mud collected
at "low altitude", stops annoying glare (a definite safety plus!), and
when a refinish is finally due, most of the hard work is already done.

Wax just gets in those pesky holes - "static ports" I've heard them
called by local pundits - but I usually fill them with epoxy anyway.
Anything that small can't be of much use, after all.

Kirk

Kirk,

Sounds like you're using stone age technology. Might I suggest my method to
micro-turbulate the entire boundary layer for optimized drag reduction and
improved laminar flow. For this it's necessary to form omnidirectional,
sub-optical craters over the entire surface. The swirls and ridges left
behind in the use of steel wool just doesn't get it. So to remove bugs *and*
get a substantial reduction in L/D, sand blast the entire ship using baking
soda as the abrasive media. This is also strongly recommended prior to
instrument training . . . no need for "Foggles"anymore!

Can we talk about bovine mating habits, as it relates to gliders, now?
--
bumper - ZZ
"Dare to be different . . . circle in sink."
to reply, the last half is right to left


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