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On 2008-07-07, Paul Hastings wrote:
So, it is a personal issue that you have with composites. I'm glad we cleared that up :^) Oh, I don't dispute that the choice is one that every aircrafy buyer or builder needs to make for himself. In the end, it's a huge investment, be it time, money, or both, and the owner needs to be comfortable with the decision. My point is that composites have significant drawbacks, and they need to be clearly understood during the decision process. -- Jay Maynard, K5ZC http://www.conmicro.com http://jmaynard.livejournal.com http://www.tronguy.net Fairmont, MN (FRM) (Yes, that's me!) AMD Zodiac CH601XLi N55ZC (got it!) |
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On Jul 7, 5:29�pm, Gig 601Xl Builder
wrote: Jay Maynard wrote: The flip side: what happens when it collects hangar rash? Repairing aluminum is well known; repairing composites is not. Exactly, which along with the health related issues associated with building a composite aircraft is why any of us still work with aluminum. |
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On Jul 7, 5:29�pm, Gig 601Xl Builder
wrote: Jay Maynard wrote: The flip side: what happens when it collects hangar rash? Repairing aluminum is well known; repairing composites is not. Exactly, which along with the health related issues associated with building a composite aircraft is why any of us still work with aluminum. I can't speak for other composite airplanes, but in building a Tango 2 or Foxtrot 4, the whole construction process teaches you to repair any hanger rash or major damage. In one case we had an airplane damged that the insurance adjuster said to repair. He said he would have scrapped it if it had it been aluminum. What does this prove? Not much. One could throw corrosion into the discussion. If one material was universally better than the other, the other would disappear. Health issues? We haven't seen any. Denny |
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"Gig 601Xl Builder" wrote in message
m... Exactly, which along with the health related issues associated with building a composite aircraft is why any of us still work with aluminum. Aluminum is not necessarily good for your health either. The guy who used to rebuild Piper Cherokee fuel tanks (Sky-something in NH) could not lift his right arm over his head. He had spent too much time with a rivet gun. |
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On Jul 7, 6:33*pm, "Vaughn Simon"
wrote: "Jay Maynard" wrote in message ... The flip side: what happens when it collects hangar rash? * *So who has a hanger? *Perhaps it is because I started out in sailplanes, but I would not be comfortable parking a glass bird out in the sun for years at a time, especially one finished in jellcoat. Repairing aluminum is well known; repairing composites is not. * *Sorry, I can't agree. *I have seen some torn up sailplanes repaired so well you can't see where anything ever happened. *It all a matter of finding the right repair station. Agreed, repairs on the non-structural parts is not any more of an issue than repairing the non-structural parts of any other aircraft. Structural parts are a problem rather it is a metal or composite. In many ways, the composite is much more forgiving of hangar-rash and even more severe problems because the damage is generally much more localized. I had a bird strike in a 182 that resulted in having to replace the entire wing. The same on a composite would have been a localized repair. I have seen composite planes repaired from hard landings including one that flipped that would have totaled metal birds. |
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