glue to rebond rubber tailskid to LS6

I've had good luck with Weldwood Contact Cement on the Std. Cirrus...

The 3M heavy duty double sided tape works great. Not the white stuff, the black stuff. It's great for tail skids, wing tip skids, and even that 5 dollar Home Depot wing tip wheel I use to aid an unassisted take off from a paved strip.

On Monday, July 24, 2017 at 3:02:43 PM UTC-7, wrote:
The 3M heavy duty double sided tape works great. Not the white stuff, the black stuff. It's great for tail skids, wing tip skids, and even that 5 dollar Home Depot wing tip wheel I use to aid an unassisted take off from a paved strip.

Pliobond industrial contact cement.
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalo...s/pliobond.php

Kirk, give Paul Gaines a call at composite solutions. He gave me some 3M product that cured with humidity, stayed flexible, sticks to anything, fills in gaps and is some other the strongest stuff Ive used.

3M Marine Adhesive Sealant 5200 Fast Cure white or black, it's thicker than tooth paste.
Clean gelcoat, sand gelcoat with anything, 120 is good. Tape it off. Don't make a mess. 5200 likes to get everywhere. Let is cure for a full 24 hours.
Permanent, not coming off, done. Forget all that other crazy crap.
You rubber skid will still fold over during a ground loop thus preventing your skid from spiking and sending the tail assembly cartwheeling off into Mrs. Cravits rose bushes... I have a 45 year history with this stuff.

Originally Posted by kirk.stant

The black rubber tailskid (the one with the embedded rollerblade wheel) on my LS6 has come loose - after the last landing when I noticed grass stuck between the boom and the skid, I was able to simply pull off the skid - undamaged as far as I can tell.

Looking for suggestions on what bonding agent (and process, if needed, other than common sense cleaning and roughening) to use to reattach it.

Since it has to be able to break away in a ground loop, I assume there is an optimum (or even required) bonding strength?

I don't remember seeing this covered in my LS6 maintenance manual, but need to check it again; meanwhile, anyone have recent experience rebonding a tail skid?

Suggestions?

Kirk
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On Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at 2:43:24 AM UTC-4, POPS wrote:

Permanent, not coming off, done.

And so how does it go when you need to remove the skid, for some reason?


best,
Evan

On Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at 6:49:44 AM UTC-4, Tango Eight wrote:
On Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at 2:43:24 AM UTC-4, POPS wrote:

Permanent, not coming off, done.

And so how does it go when you need to remove the skid, for some reason?


best,
Evan

I've never used 5200 but know boatbuilders don't like it for many applications because it is unpleasant to undo for repairs.

I have used Pliobond, comes off with acetone.

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalo...s/pliobond.php

On Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at 7:24:57 AM UTC-4, wrote:
On Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at 6:49:44 AM UTC-4, Tango Eight wrote:
On Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at 2:43:24 AM UTC-4, POPS wrote:

Permanent, not coming off, done.

And so how does it go when you need to remove the skid, for some reason?


best,
Evan

I've never used 5200 but know boatbuilders don't like it for many applications because it is unpleasant to undo for repairs.

The glue on skid idea was always kinda dumb. But it seems *really* dumb to glue the thing on in some fashion that's going to require a sawzall and disk grinder to remove.

Contact cement works. The thicker, gap filling solvent based adhesives (the "goo" and "goop" products) work better, are more forgiving prep wise. These can be worried loose when needed, without destroying the skid.

It's not necessary to overthink this.

best,
Evan

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