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<DIV>Awww com'on Jerry. You know as well as I do that you remove as much as you
want until you break one, then add a little. Yours will break at 35g's and mine
at 25 g's. Which is adequate?</DIV>
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<DIV>I won't charge $100K. </DIV>
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<DIV>That'll be Fifty thousand follars please (VBG)</DIV>
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<DIV>MattK</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 12/21/2004 9:08:45 PM Eastern Standard Time,
vanputte@cox.net writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>On Dec
21, 2004, at 7:43 PM, Jerry Stebbins wrote:<BR><BR>> Matt, I like your
"nice balance in properties", too bad we cannot get <BR>> them to a known
margin. Maybe we should apply for a $100,00.00 Gvt. <BR>> grant to
destruction test a few planes and get some data to play with.<BR><BR>That
reminds me of some of my grandmother's recipes, which called for a
<BR>'pinch' of this and a 'dab' of that. The most quantitative was
'a <BR>ball of butter as big as a walnut'.<BR><BR>Ron Van Putte<BR><BR>>
From: Rcmaster199@aol.com<BR>> To: discussion@nsrca.org<BR>> Sent:
Tuesday, December 21, 2004 4:00 PM<BR>> Subject: Re: fiberglass mesh in
foam wings<BR>><BR>><BR>> Carbon Fiber mat or veil, in substantial
weight rating, will absorb a <BR>> great deal of glue. The only reasonable
way to do a carbon veiled wing <BR>> is as Jerry suggests, to roll out
practically all the glue and vacuum <BR>> bag it.<BR>>
<BR>> Be that as it may, in my experience it is an unecessary weight
<BR>> addition. Sure it adds stiffness but for what purpose? These models
<BR>> are not jets or racers that need to be strong at 200+mph. A
little <BR>> more flexibility in the wing is not a bad thing for pattern
models. <BR>> The trick is knowing when the nice balance in properties
has been <BR>> reached. <BR>> <BR>>
MattK</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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