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From: "beth" <sullitb@up.net>
To: "lancair mail list" <lancair.list@olsusa.com>
Subject: Fw: closing ES wings
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 07:02:25 -0700
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-----Original Message-----
From: beth <sullitb@up.net>
To: lancair mail list <lancair.list@olsusa.com
Date: Friday, August 27, 1999 10:07 PM
Subject: closing ES wings


>I went to the factory in February this year for the builders assistance
>program and did not close my wings (for a IVP) due to a desire to wet out
>more wing.  While I was there I did assist Al Erlandson and the Lancair
crew
>in closing both his wings  so I would have that experience to draw on while
>closing mine.  The factory guys did not use any special tools to spread the
>hysol, just used paint sticks and those cheap brushes.   They did put 2
guys
>on mixing hysol steady during the process and about 6 guys spreading.  They
>first put a layer down on the wing surfaces , set the skin on for locating
>the areas to pre-hysol on that surface and then finished the hysol spread
on
>the internal wing structure.  They  used a small amount of flox  in the
>hysol for the build up stage once all surfaces had been wetted out.  Once
>the skin was set on the wing they laid down about 6 or 8   1x1 aluminum
>angles( I will use steel for cost reasons)  down the long way on the wing
>and then installed 50( read; 1250 lbs. ) 25lb shot bags on the angles.
>Since I had already purchased 25 shot bags and thought I had enough, this
>really caught my attention.  I inquired with Orin and Carsten at that time
>and they reaffirmed the need for at least 1000 lbs..  Before the start of
>closing ,the group did a dry run and rehearsed the sequence so all the
>people knew what to do.  The time from start to finish was not much over
1/2
>hour, maybe 45 minutes at the most.  An added note;  the ES wing is larger
>than the IVP wing so I would have much concern closing with 400 lbs. of wt.
>
>Tom Sullivan
>Quinnesec, MI. (in the U.P.)
>

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