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Old March 23rd 16, 12:22 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Movses Babayan
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Default Replacing safety tapes and turbulator tapes - procedure?

On Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 1:59:20 PM UTC-7, K m wrote:
On Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 1:07:54 PM UTC-6, Movses Babayan wrote:
Time to replace the safety tapes - mylars are still in good shape and are well attached.
Zigzag turbulators also have to be replaced.
Could somebody elaborate the procedure? Which adhesive remover, etc?

Thanks,
-MB


Have you referenced your maintenance manual? The entire procedure is spelled out on many ships which came from the factory with Seals Fairings and turbulators. The best adhesive remover Ive found is wax and grease remover but you have to get the commercial stuff at an auto body supply and not the stuff at Autozone. If your manual does not specify the tapes types and dimensions just copy what you have. I find Williams has the best pricing of the Soaring vendors and stuff like the mylar safety tape is available from commercial or industrial hardware suppliers.


Nothing spelled out in the manual - the ship is question is Astir CS.
I figured I'd replicate the existing setup, of course. Tesa tape and matching turbulator tape is acquired from W&W.
I was wondering more about the procedure of cleaning/reapplying. Does 3M general purpose adhesive cleaner (red can) followed by acetone seem reasonable? I think that was the sequence of safety tape cleanup/reapplication I observed/helped with on a DG-1000 some time ago.
Of course, this is going to be done in a heated shop.