Tail surfaces covering

Aug 28, 2016
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Tail covering process of stabiliser and elevator. The covering system is called Ceconite. It uses a regular polyester fabric which is contact glued to the frame. The fabric is then shrunk with a household iron at 250F and then at 350F. The fabric is then sealed with a brush coat of nitrate dope thinned one is to one with lacquer thinner. This seals the fabric and provides the mechanical bond between the fabric and the next 4 layers of spray coats. 2 x nitrate coats and 3 x butyrate coats.

Finishing tapes were cut by hand to 2in and 3in widths and applied to the fabric where it touched the frame with nitrate dope.