Refinishing Ventus b Fuselage

On 2018/10/16 01:54, Richard Pfiffner wrote:

Rolled on two coats of Duratec Vinyl ester surfacing primer, sanding tomorrow.
Pictures:
http://www.craggyaero.com/ventus.htm

Nicely documented project. I hope you don't get "arithmetic fatigue"
adding up all the hours.

Please advise the weight of the fuselage before you started verses that
when you finished. Also the moment arm balance for the rudder, before
and after. Be kind to the next owner and make sure it is fully
documented in the log books. This is always the "unknown" when looking
at a refinished glider.

On Monday, October 15, 2018 at 10:57:20 PM UTC-7, Ian wrote:
On 2018/10/16 01:54, Richard Pfiffner wrote:

Rolled on two coats of Duratec Vinyl ester surfacing primer, sanding tomorrow.
Pictures:
http://www.craggyaero.com/ventus.htm

Nicely documented project. I hope you don't get "arithmetic fatigue"
adding up all the hours.

Please advise the weight of the fuselage before you started verses that
when you finished. Also the moment arm balance for the rudder, before
and after. Be kind to the next owner and make sure it is fully
documented in the log books. This is always the "unknown" when looking
at a refinished glider.

is refinishing a glider considered 'preventative maintenance'?

On Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at 2:28:10 AM UTC-7, wrote:
On Monday, October 15, 2018 at 10:57:20 PM UTC-7, Ian wrote:
On 2018/10/16 01:54, Richard Pfiffner wrote:

Rolled on two coats of Duratec Vinyl ester surfacing primer, sanding tomorrow.
Pictures:
http://www.craggyaero.com/ventus.htm

Nicely documented project. I hope you don't get "arithmetic fatigue"
adding up all the hours.

Please advise the weight of the fuselage before you started verses that
when you finished. Also the moment arm balance for the rudder, before
and after. Be kind to the next owner and make sure it is fully
documented in the log books. This is always the "unknown" when looking
at a refinished glider.

is refinishing a glider considered 'preventative maintenance'?

Don't know.

Richard
www.craggyaero.com

On Monday, October 15, 2018 at 10:57:20 PM UTC-7, Ian wrote:
On 2018/10/16 01:54, Richard Pfiffner wrote:

Rolled on two coats of Duratec Vinyl ester surfacing primer, sanding tomorrow.
Pictures:
http://www.craggyaero.com/ventus.htm

Nicely documented project. I hope you don't get "arithmetic fatigue"
adding up all the hours.

Please advise the weight of the fuselage before you started verses that
when you finished. Also the moment arm balance for the rudder, before
and after. Be kind to the next owner and make sure it is fully
documented in the log books. This is always the "unknown" when looking
at a refinished glider.

Finish will be

PPG Shopline JP202 Surfacer and JAU Acrylic Urethane.

I used this on my wings 16 years ago. It was tied out at Siskiyou County Airport all summer for these years. Other than minor chips it held up amazingly well.

Richard
www.craggyaero.com

Richard
www.craggyaero.com

On Monday, October 15, 2018 at 10:57:20 PM UTC-7, Ian wrote:
On 2018/10/16 01:54, Richard Pfiffner wrote:

Rolled on two coats of Duratec Vinyl ester surfacing primer, sanding tomorrow.
Pictures:
http://www.craggyaero.com/ventus.htm

Nicely documented project. I hope you don't get "arithmetic fatigue"
adding up all the hours.

Please advise the weight of the fuselage before you started verses that
when you finished. Also the moment arm balance for the rudder, before
and after. Be kind to the next owner and make sure it is fully
documented in the log books. This is always the "unknown" when looking
at a refinished glider.

I have all the weights before the refinish.

Richard
www.craggyaero.com

What did you mean by this?

"6 hrs Epoxy and glass beads to fair vertical stabilizer and rudder."

Were you filling low spots, or did you build up a lip at the trailing edge of the vertical stabilizer to make a fairing to cover the leading edge of the rudder?

Thank you for documenting this project. I prefer to soar, but I also love working on gliders and may take on a refinish project someday. Just like teaching the next generation to fly, we need to spread this skill too.

-Doug.

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On Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at 10:05:37 AM UTC-7, wrote:
What did you mean by this?

"6 hrs Epoxy and glass beads to fair vertical stabilizer and rudder."

Were you filling low spots, or did you build up a lip at the trailing edge of the vertical stabilizer to make a fairing to cover the leading edge of the rudder?

Thank you for documenting this project. I prefer to soar, but I also love working on gliders and may take on a refinish project someday. Just like teaching the next generation to fly, we need to spread this skill too.

-Doug.

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Faired the surface with epoxy and glass beads. When you takeoff the coating you will find not all is flat.


Richard
www.craggyaeo.com