Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: flyrotary Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 16:19:20 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: <13brv3@mchsi.com> Received: from sccmmhc02.mchsi.com ([204.127.203.184] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1b6) with ESMTP id 2343645 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 11 May 2003 10:59:38 -0400 Received: from rad (12-218-74-116.client.mchsi.com[12.218.74.116]) by sccmmhc02.mchsi.com (sccmmhc02) with SMTP id <20030511145937mm200eue2ge>; Sun, 11 May 2003 14:59:38 +0000 Reply-To: <13brv3@mchsi.com> From: <13brv3@mchsi.com> X-Original-To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: plastic plane question X-Original-Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 09:59:38 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: <000601c317cd$f199aa20$0201a8c0@rad> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Thanks for all the replies (on and off line) to my cowl bump questions. = As most of you guessed, I won't be leaving the foam, so it won't have to = be good quality. I'll take a look at the pink closed cell foam at Lowe's, = and also pick up a can of Great Stuff to see how it works. The spray stuff = may be perfect for the bumps, and the sheets will probably be better for the radiator scoop. The problem I have with Styrofoam is that it doesn't = sand as well as I'd like. As I recall, if you hit it with coarse paper, it = just pulls off in beads. I've got a whole sheet of the stuff up in the attic = that I was going to use for RC airplane wings, so maybe I'll hit it with some sandpaper and see how it behaves. =20 Rusty (did I mention I hate fiberglass) =20