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    Yet another "which airplane" thread

    Since you are building an M-II, I would stay with building a sheet metal airplane. I would suggest the Sonex or a CX4. The CX4 can be scatch built in under 1000 hrs. A 2 place version (CX5) is under development.
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    Personal Cruiser!

    I have a 2'x4' x.25 (5 lb density) sample of Lastafoam 4300, Divinycell H80 and Airex C70.75. In terms of flexibility, the LAF is very brittle and snaps fairly qiuckly. The Divinycell is very flexibile and conforms to a tight raduis without breaking. The Airex I received is scored into a 1" grid...
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    Foam Core

    I bought a sheet of Airex to test. It came scored and perforated. If using the scored and perforated Airex, what surface prep is recommended? I also bought a sheet of Divinycell to test. Bryon
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    Personal Cruiser!

    Thanks for the advise. If I ever decide to continue the project (and I probably will at some point), I will take your advise.
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    Personal Cruiser!

    So if I were to continue to build my Personal Cruiser, it would be best if I built all the LAF parts over using Divinycell or similar PVC foam? My tail (I'm the person building the conventional tail version) was built using Polystyrene so that should be ok. However, the entire fuselage tub, seat...
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    Personal Cruiser!

    I wasn't throwing them under the train. My intent was to point out that if a professional shop has problems with last o foam, us as homebuilders are going to have problems with it too. I agree that if the kits were made from Divinycell or simular pvc it's would probably be more apealing...
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    Personal Cruiser!

    Hello all, This is a great thread. For what it's worth, I am the builder of personal cruiser # 10. I wish I would have known this information two years ago. It's would have saved me alot of grief and money. My experience with last o foam totally supports Orion's findings. Several off the...
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