Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #28518
From: jesse farr <jesse@jessfarr.com>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: cowl
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 22:07:01 -0500
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
I used to buy 4' x 8' sheets of urethane that came in 2" and 4" thickness. It was used for ceiling and wall construction in freezers. I have seen thicker blocks of the stuff. It was also available as pouring, moulding and mix and spray material. It should still be available. It was fairly large celled, real brittle, as the man said, cut and formed rather easily; but, had almost no strength.  It also was flamable as heck. Took to being painted with latex and sheetrock topping mixture real well. This sanded almost as easy as the foam.
jofarr, soddy tn
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Joe Hull
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 5:41 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: cowl
 
If you really want to make quick work of shaping your cowl get some Urethane foam from you local roofing supplier or florist (used in the bottom of vases to hold flowers). It’s a really light weight and brittle foam that you can sand my just looking at it (well almost). It can be shaped really quickly – but you need to be really careful with hitting or touching it – it dings really, really easily. Also, duct tape won’t stick to it so you do have to fill the finished shape with Micro or plaster / drywall mud and then sand that smooth and paint for release before fiberglassing.
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