Rik-
Well-Known Member
Looking at all the LongEz, and most all amature built planes, they are built using a cold mold method.
Whey not build a plug and pull a mold off it and then layup the parts? Seems that it would be stronger to have a part out of a mold rather than a thin skin over foam build.
Why I ask is that looking at a few photos of a plane that ran off the runway into a rut, the foam bent and the integrity went to crap.
Another plane stuck a marker light and it's got a gaping hole that makes repair more difficult than had the glass been laid up in a mold and used a Divinycell core.
Sorry, I'm in the boating business and the cold molded boats all seem to have problems and make for difficult repairs so I'm just wondering out loud
Whey not build a plug and pull a mold off it and then layup the parts? Seems that it would be stronger to have a part out of a mold rather than a thin skin over foam build.
Why I ask is that looking at a few photos of a plane that ran off the runway into a rut, the foam bent and the integrity went to crap.
Another plane stuck a marker light and it's got a gaping hole that makes repair more difficult than had the glass been laid up in a mold and used a Divinycell core.
Sorry, I'm in the boating business and the cold molded boats all seem to have problems and make for difficult repairs so I'm just wondering out loud
