Question about Gelcoat

On Feb 11, 7:08*am, Walt Connelly Walt.Connelly.
wrote:
I see planes that are "refinished" in polyurethane. *Is this different
from GelCoat? *I have looked at ships whose gelcoat is horrible and
understand that it can cost in excess of 20K dollars to refinish
properly. *Is PU more durable than Gelcoat? *Is one better than the
other? *The glass vs aluminum thing has me leaning toward aluminum big
time. *I don't ever expect to be competing seriously in cross country
competition so a bird for local fun might be adequate.

Walt

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Walt Connelly

Walt

you could be very happy with an SGS 1-35. Nice bird and low
maintenance, rugged and fun to fly. Not expensive.

Mark

At 20:45 11 February 2011, Mark Jardini wrote:

you could be very happy with an SGS 1-35. Nice bird and low
maintenance, rugged and fun to fly. Not expensive.

There's a very nice looking example of the fixed-gear model for sale on
Wings & Wheels, page 2. If I didn't already have one, I'd be going to
take a look.

Jim Beckman