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Old June 20th 11, 03:27 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
JJ Sinclair[_2_]
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Default Reprofiling LS6 wings

On Jun 19, 3:28*pm, Ben C wrote:
Hi all,

Given that down the track I will need to refinish my wings, I am
curious about
the process. I understand that LS/DG will not provide profile
information to
allow accurate reprofiling of the wings. Is it standard practice to
just
reinstate the profile that the wing had prior to refinish? Has anyone
taken a
profile from another aircraft to use, for example using a later LS6-c
to
reprofile an LS6-b? What about using an LS8 profile on an LS6, since
they are
supposed to be the same forward section?

Thanks, Ben


Only the first 4" are critical and I would make 'quickie' templates
before stripping the wing. Set wing leading edge up on saw-horses and
mark span locations every 18" then make rough cardboard templates
starting at the root. Place wax-paper over L/E and goop up your rough
template with Bondo and lower them onto each indicated location. After
the Bondo dries remove and sand the edges to leave only the center
1/4" template. Be sure to mark each template 1 through 16, or so.
Then start the fun part, with a Porter-Cable, variable speed electric
orbital sander using 60 grit, 6" sticky back
disks..................remove all the gelcoat down to, but not
including the fiberglass structure. Check back after the 2 weeks this
may take and I'll give you the next step in you all Winter project.
Cheers,
JJ
 




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