Composite Aircraft in the long term...

In a previous article, "Jay Honeck" said:
the inn, who contend that they just won't last. Using as an example the
fiberglass wing tips and cowlings that always crack, flake, and crumble

Looking at the 5 Pipers on our flight line
(http://www.rochesterflyingclub.com/f...equipment.html), (and the four
aircraft that we've sold in the time I've belonged to the club) I'd have
to say that Piper wingtips, wheel fairings and cowls are made with
possibly the worst grade of fiberglass ever made. I wouldn't use that
crap on even a non-structural part of my canoe. It looks like the FRP
that they use to roof outhouses in Ontario Provincial Parks, only cheaper.

Composite aircraft are made with much better materials, and more
importantly are coated and treated to avoid ultraviolet and ozone
degradation.

--
Paul Tomblin , not speaking for anybody
The superior pilot uses his superior judgement to avoid situations in which he
has to demonstrate his superior skill.

Paul Tomblin wrote:

Looking at the 5 Pipers on our flight line
(http://www.rochesterflyingclub.com/f...equipment.html), (and the four
aircraft that we've sold in the time I've belonged to the club) I'd have
to say that Piper wingtips, wheel fairings and cowls are made with
possibly the worst grade of fiberglass ever made.

That's why they're so cheap to replace. ;-)

In a previous article, Foster said:
Paul Tomblin wrote:

Looking at the 5 Pipers on our flight line
(http://www.rochesterflyingclub.com/f...equipment.html), (and the four
aircraft that we've sold in the time I've belonged to the club) I'd have
to say that Piper wingtips, wheel fairings and cowls are made with
possibly the worst grade of fiberglass ever made.

That's why they're so cheap to replace. ;-)

No, that's why we've got a pair of LoPresti Zip Tips waiting for us when
we take the Dakota to Goderich to get repainted this fall. We're not
wasting another dime of Piper crap fiberglass.


--
Paul Tomblin , not speaking for anybody
It could have been raining flaming bulldozers, and those idiots would have
been standing out there smoking, going 'hey, look at that John Deere burn!'
-- Texan AMD security guard