Original Posted By: Jim Markle
Rick,I didn't exhaustively ck, but I seemed to find that the satin or flat sparvarnishes were not as strong in the UV blocking department. Satin would beperfect, OR if one wanted to take the time, one could likely use the glossyand simply rub the shine down a bit with a rubbing compound.Douwe________________________________________________________________________________Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 08:53:09 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
Pietenpol-List: spar varnish
Pietenpol-List: Re: Shad's Piet...
Original Posted By: "K5YAC"
In an effort to provide space for bulky, yet light items such asjackets/sleeping bags etc, this week I built a small baggage compartmentbehind the pilot's bulkhead with an access door in the turtle deck justbehind the cockpit. I've always like Mike Cuys large area in the turtledeck accessed through the door behind his head for light stuff. I obviously didn't want to go far back, but there is a fair amount of depthavailable there before you'd interfere with the elevator cables. So I madeit only about ten inches deep, but it goes from one side to the other andstops about two inches above the cables with the floor angles like thecables are. It's thin aluminum and bolts and screws to the framework and isvery rigid. I weighed every part I removed when I added my carbon fiber contoured backbulkhead insert, and removing my glovebox, etc, and then weighed every partthat went into it and my calculations show it probably added a bit under twopounds total. Now I'll have to do the math when I do weight and balance toplacard it well so no big pilots ever put heavy stuff in there, but with meweighing 150, I should be able to get a backpackers sleeping bag and tent inthere no problem. I still have total access to the bottom through the aluminum panel belowthat bay.Douwe________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Shad's Piet...
In an effort to provide space for bulky, yet light items such asjackets/sleeping bags etc, this week I built a small baggage compartmentbehind the pilot's bulkhead with an access door in the turtle deck justbehind the cockpit. I've always like Mike Cuys large area in the turtledeck accessed through the door behind his head for light stuff. I obviously didn't want to go far back, but there is a fair amount of depthavailable there before you'd interfere with the elevator cables. So I madeit only about ten inches deep, but it goes from one side to the other andstops about two inches above the cables with the floor angles like thecables are. It's thin aluminum and bolts and screws to the framework and isvery rigid. I weighed every part I removed when I added my carbon fiber contoured backbulkhead insert, and removing my glovebox, etc, and then weighed every partthat went into it and my calculations show it probably added a bit under twopounds total. Now I'll have to do the math when I do weight and balance toplacard it well so no big pilots ever put heavy stuff in there, but with meweighing 150, I should be able to get a backpackers sleeping bag and tent inthere no problem. I still have total access to the bottom through the aluminum panel belowthat bay.Douwe________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Shad's Piet...
Original Posted By: "l.morlock"
Same here... and who were the folks working on the Piet wing?--------Mark ChouinardWings, Center Section and Empannage framed up - Working on FuselageRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________
Same here... and who were the folks working on the Piet wing?--------Mark ChouinardWings, Center Section and Empannage framed up - Working on FuselageRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________
Re: Pietenpol-List: spar varnish
Original Posted By: "Clif Dawson"
The main blockage with traditional spar varnish is the mirrorquality of the gloss. If the UV can't get past the mirror, itcan't do anything. A corollary to this is you can't touch itonce it's applied. No sanding, polishing etc. Just wash itoften as any dust or dirt degrades the mirrorness ( Did Ijust say that?! I must have spent too much time aroundmy daughters!! ). :-)Clif Rick, I didn't exhaustively ck, but I seemed to find that the satin or flat spar varnishes were not as strong in the UV blocking department. Douwe________________________________________________________________________________
The main blockage with traditional spar varnish is the mirrorquality of the gloss. If the UV can't get past the mirror, itcan't do anything. A corollary to this is you can't touch itonce it's applied. No sanding, polishing etc. Just wash itoften as any dust or dirt degrades the mirrorness ( Did Ijust say that?! I must have spent too much time aroundmy daughters!! ). :-)Clif Rick, I didn't exhaustively ck, but I seemed to find that the satin or flat spar varnishes were not as strong in the UV blocking department. Douwe________________________________________________________________________________