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Old June 16th 08, 02:21 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Udo
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Default Wing Leading Edge Refinishing

Rather then sanding the leading edge of the wing all at once,
sand 2 ft sections and leaving a couple of inches of leading edge
untouched. Build up the sanded section using the remaining old leading
edge as a guide. Remove the 2 inches that were left behind and use
the new build up section again as guide.
Udo

On Jun 16, 4:28*am, Jan Eldem wrote:
HI all,

My Pegasus was refinished in Poland a few years ago in two pack poly
paint, seemed to do a good job I thought. *but after a while the very tip
of the leading edge has started to get vertical cracks showing where the
wing flexes (peg's have very bendy wings)

The rest of the wing is fine, so after a bit of a look with some wet and
dry it seems that they have just flatted the gelcoat back on the leading
edge and sprayed over it !! *I guess they did that as a easy way to keep
the wings profile correct???

everywhere else had the gel removed apart from the L/E

My problem is,

I want to refinish the leading edge, how do I go about keeping the profile
correct and am I best to go back to glass on the affected areas

any ideas and suggestions would be great !!

Regards and thanks for the help

Jan