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Vertical Stab

Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2023 7:01 pm
by Mountain Cat
Normally your finish tapes (abrasion buffer and seam cover) are not shrunk per say as your main fabric. Just enough to remove any wrinkles and lay down the edges. Especially if your main fabric is already taunt. Shrinking your tapes in this situation would or could cause your glue joint to loosen.

Re: Vertical Stab

Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2023 6:28 am
by Badland-F5 Pilot
Mountain Cat wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2023 7:01 pm Normally your finish tapes (abrasion buffer and seam cover) are not shrunk per say as your main fabric. Just enough to remove any wrinkles and lay down the edges. Especially if your main fabric is already taunt. Shrinking your tapes in this situation would or could cause your glue joint to loosen.
Makes perfect sense. Trying to shrink something over something that already is stretched to the max would not be a good thing.

Re: Vertical Stab

Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2023 9:50 am
by LA F2 Flyer
As both aircraft builders and men, I think we can all agree that we prefer to keep the shrinkage to a minimum. :lol:

Re: Vertical Stab

Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2023 9:54 am
by Badland-F5 Pilot
LA F2 Flyer wrote: Tue Nov 21, 2023 9:50 am As both aircraft builders and men, I think we can all agree that we prefer to keep the shrinkage to a minimum. :lol:
I completely agree. I've lost a good inch and a half over the years.

Get your mind out of the gutter - I was 5' 11" at one time in my life. LOL 😆