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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Larry</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>If you want to put a bit of work into it, the cowl can be
repaired without gaining much weight. Start by cleaning it throughly with
degreaser and soap/water. Install some reinforcement "ribbons" using carbon
roving (Dave Brown or Aerospace Composites) with a flexible CA to the interior
to stiffen it to your liking. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Fill any serious holes (needle valve size and up) by
applying masking tape to the exterior, then cover the hole from the inside using
a 3 to 5 oz. carbon (or glass) cloth patch. Saturate with a good grade of
laminating resin (epoxy - West Systems) and blot most of the epoxy off with a
roll of toilet tissue (blot 'til clean tissue is dry). When cured, sand the
interior with 80 grit dry to remove sharp edges.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Sand the paint from the areas that are cracked, around
repaired holes, etc. using 220 wet/dry. Fill imperfections that are more than
just cracks with a good two part filler (I prefer PPG K-36 Prima with talc
added to make a paste.) Glue any cracks with the new flexible thin CA. Sand
filler / CA flush.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Apply strips of 0.6 oz. glass cloth over the cracks using
finishing resin, again blot off excess with the tissue. Wet sand (320),
feathering the edges of the glass to the surrounding areas, prime, and
paint.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I recently repaired a large carbon canopy that had been
mangled in a crash using these techniques and gained 20 grams from new
weight.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Earl</FONT> </DIV>
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<A title=jed241@msn.com href="mailto:jed241@msn.com">Larry N Lisa</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 12, 2004 3:04
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Focus Cowl Needed</DIV>
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<DIV>I'll have to try it, but there is allot of material that the original
owner cut out of it. Gets very wobbly with the 140L.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I flew the plane all season with the cowl beat up...Will probably hold
out, but wanted to clean it up with a new paint job...</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I might try filling in the fine cracks with thin CA. I also have some
areas that I might use some body filler to fill in some holes...</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Nice job on your plane...</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Larry</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A
href="mailto:F3AFlyer7@comcast.net">Scott Pavlock</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 12, 2004 2:39
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Focus Cowl Needed</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Larry:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial> What we did with our new cowl is
sand the inside of it just a little and brush the glass shavings
into the crack, then we filled it with thin CA. Works great!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>_______________________________________________________________<BR>Scott
Pavlock<BR>586-295-2611</DIV>
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<DIV>groups.msn.com/scottspatternpage</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>photos.yahoo.com/f3aflyer7</DIV>
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<A href="mailto:jed241@msn.com">Larry N Lisa</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 12, 2004 2:06
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Focus Cowl
Needed</DIV>
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<DIV>Older Version...</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A
href="mailto:crock@kclife.com">Rock, Charles</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 12, 2004
12:38 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Focus Cowl
Needed</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=056513717-12052004>Which Focus II or the older
one</SPAN></DIV>
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face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> <A
href="mailto:discussion-request@nsrca.org">discussion-request@nsrca.org</A>
[mailto:discussion-request@nsrca.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Larry N
Lisa<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 12, 2004 12:02 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
NSRCA<BR><B>Subject:</B> Focus Cowl Needed<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Anyone have a new Focus Cowl they want to part with?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Or, any recommendations on how to repair the spider web cracks
to prevent a new paint job from cracking all over.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Larry
Diamond</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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