From: RWolf99@aol.com
Message-ID: <0.44bcfade.253585dd@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 02:51:09 EDT
Subject: SB050-0999 LNC2
To: lancair.list@olsusa.com
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In a message dated 10/12/99 9:36:41 PM, you wrote:

<<Actually, this is going to be a DIFFICULT SB for any LNC 2
builder or owner, except possibly for those in the early stages of
construction who have not yet installed their stub wings.>>

I just finished this on my LNC2.  The aircraft is still in my garage, and the 
stub wings have not yet been installed.  Total time was 5 hours of hands-on 
working time, which took place over 5 calendar days.  Could have done it 
faster (calendar time) but I had other things to do.

This is probably the only time I have not been envious of you guys that are 
already flying.  

The job was duck soup to me, because the stub wing was not installed.  I 
don't envy you guys that are trying to do this on finished airplanes, but it 
shouldn't really be that bad.  I did not have to break into the landing gear 
hydraulic system, but I don't have brake lines in, and these might have to be 
disconnected in a flying aircraft.

I made a template of the phenolic brace from some thin plastic I had on hand. 
 Cardboard would have been fine, too.  I then roughed out the phenolic on a 
band saw.  Final fitting was accomplished with a belt sander.  (Yes, the 
pieces are different sizes, by about 1/16 inch)  Hysol/flox was applied and 
allowed to cure at room temperature overnight, which resulted in a tacky 
surface since hysol takes so long to cure.  I have a small forced air space 
heater, smaller than a shoebox, that is controlled by a 
far-fancier-than-required thermostat which uses a tape-on  thermocouple as a 
reference.  I set this to 140 degrees F for four hours on each phenolic 
brace, after which time the hysol was rock hard.  Then came an epoxy-flox 
fillet and then the 3-BID, with some excess which was trimmed in the green 
cure state and finish sanded (to remove rough edges) with a Dremel.

All in all, it was fairly simple and nothing to be afraid of.  

- Rob Wolf
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