Finished the horizontal stab today and so finally have the tail surfaces covered using Oratex. Moving on to cover the wings next.
Finished the horizontal stab today and so finally have the tail surfaces covered using Oratex. Moving on to cover the wings next.
- Gary
S7 SuperSport Tri-gear
w/Rotax 912, Oratex, Dynon
Turtle build! That's a good one!
It's looking good, Gary! I've got to get over there again sometime soon.
John Evens
Arvada, CO
Kitfox SS7 N27JE
EAA Lifetime
Chap. 43 honorary Lifetime
What are the cost using Oratex ?
David McCormick
Kitfox Classic IV powered by Jabiru 2200
Based at Jersey Shore, Pa P96
Nice job! Can't wait to get started, I'll be ordering the same color with white trim.
I have relied upon a materials quantity that John Evens worked up which resulted in ~$6300 cost. Pricey, but I was NOT looking forward to building a big enough paint booth in my garage and trying to get sufficient lighting in there to do a good job. I will still of course need to spray the cowl, flaperons, etc., but figure I can do them outside. I have been told that Stewart Systems will be doing a paint match to the Oratex colors, and hope to use that paint. Since my plane is powder coated in white, I will probably be doing a white trim also. I will be investigating vinyl for trim rather than paint. At the turtle pace, I have time to figure that out.
- Gary
S7 SuperSport Tri-gear
w/Rotax 912, Oratex, Dynon
Looking really nice Gary. Hope mine turns out as nice.
Kurt A
Kitfox II,
Rotax 912,
1100 gross
Fixer Upper Project
I would OraCover the flapperons as well, if I were you: Nice straight and flat pieces - and you'll be sure of the coulour gliss, lifetime, decoulourisation and so on. And fun to do, as well.
One question though: Steward and Poly (and Kitfox as well) urge you to put reinforcements onto ribs, longerons etc. I don't see that in your first result. Are you still up to that one or is OraCover that strong that you can leave those parts?
Hans,
Reinforcing and edge tapes are used in all the usual places same as PolyFiber, they just aren't showing well in the photo.
- Gary
S7 SuperSport Tri-gear
w/Rotax 912, Oratex, Dynon
Progress! Now have first wing covered.
- Gary
S7 SuperSport Tri-gear
w/Rotax 912, Oratex, Dynon
That looks great, Gary! If I don't get going you're going to be forging ahead of me! Then mine will be the "Turtle build" - and I'll call you the RED DEVIL!
John Evens
Arvada, CO
Kitfox SS7 N27JE
EAA Lifetime
Chap. 43 honorary Lifetime