Mailing List lml@lancaironline.net Message #67746
From: Jeff Peterson <jeffreyb.peterson@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: 360 on blocks
Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2013 12:30:39 -0400
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From: "Bill Bradburry" <bbradburry@bellsouth.net>
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Subject: RE: [LML] 360 on blocks
Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2013 07:24:30 -0400
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Jeff,

What kind of Styrofoam and where did you get it?

Bill


I used a couple 4'x8' sheets of 2 inch thick pink housing insulation foam from the Home Depot aviation supply store.  I used a metal straightedge and scored halfway thru with a razor knife and then snapped it. Quick, easy and not too expensive.

At some point in the past I did an experiment in which I put a block of this foam on a scale and pushed down on it with the end of a 1/2 inch rod.  I remember the rod begining to penetrate at about 50-100 PSI.  The load pressure supporting the plane is well below this, perhaps 5 PSI max.

I thought about making a concave top piece of foam, contoured to fit the wing. But, I tried it first without that, and found it worked quite well to just use a flat top piece.
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Jeff Peterson

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