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I knew the concept was valid from Schempp-Hirth instructions on how to
heat up an early Cirrus wing and put in the twist that Cirrus's after s/n 175 had. I have a badly twisted gear door (corner stood proud a good 5mm), so I thought I'd give it a try on a much smaller scale. I held the gear door in front of an electric space heater for a good 8 minutes, until it was too hot to leave a finger on the surface. Then I put it in place on the wheel-well (fuselage inverted) and held the ends with two 25# shot bags. I slipped in a 5mm shim to achieve over- twist for the expected spring-back. Let it cool for an hour and it fits like new! Anybody else have experience heat-twisting epoxy/fiberglass parts? What's the yield temp? JJ |
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