Gyro jeff
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strip paint off old AC tail not like what i see lumpy glass more work than thought .
rebuild Tail feathers
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Doug Riley
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Yes, the early Air Command vertical tails sometimes had bubbles where the layers of glass seemed to have delaminated. I know of no functional problems with this -- it's just tacky.
Some people drilled little holes, injected epoxy and pressed out the bubbles with sandbags or equivalent.
Some people drilled little holes, injected epoxy and pressed out the bubbles with sandbags or equivalent.
MikeBoyette
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Sounds like less work to build a new one.
okikuma
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Mike,
Was the original Dominator tall cruciform tail built with a wood frame, foam core, and a fiberglass over wood veneer outer shell?
Wayne
Was the original Dominator tall cruciform tail built with a wood frame, foam core, and a fiberglass over wood veneer outer shell?
Wayne
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Incorrect for the vertical the leading edge and spar were made from furring strips. The outer was door skins stapled and glued to the firing strips. The core was three cell cardboard glued inside cut into ribs. Then the door skins were pulled together over the ribs to form the trailing edge of the airfoil.
The HS was made from a furing strip going through the vertical that was stapled and glued as well. This formed the leading edge which in early ones dad put urethane foam and wrapped in glass
The entire crucifix was then filled in with Bondo sanded down until smooth and then painted the color. The customer wanted. Otherwise, it was the company colors of yellow with black trim. Later, he started making horizontal stabilizer of skins as well. The problem was trying to ship that thing it took up too much cubic space the shipping cost on it was more than the tail cost.
He wanted to find another way to make them so they could be shipped without the wings on them so they wouldn’t be so exorbitantly expensive to ship so he and Dick came up with the metal tail that was sold up until he went out of business. The nice thing about that is the wings came unassembled with the metal sticking through and all the customer had to do was slide it on and pop rivet it.
The HS was made from a furing strip going through the vertical that was stapled and glued as well. This formed the leading edge which in early ones dad put urethane foam and wrapped in glass
The entire crucifix was then filled in with Bondo sanded down until smooth and then painted the color. The customer wanted. Otherwise, it was the company colors of yellow with black trim. Later, he started making horizontal stabilizer of skins as well. The problem was trying to ship that thing it took up too much cubic space the shipping cost on it was more than the tail cost.
He wanted to find another way to make them so they could be shipped without the wings on them so they wouldn’t be so exorbitantly expensive to ship so he and Dick came up with the metal tail that was sold up until he went out of business. The nice thing about that is the wings came unassembled with the metal sticking through and all the customer had to do was slide it on and pop rivet it.
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