SLRCFA Club Meeting - November

Open House / Fiberglassing & Composites Demonstration

The November meeting will be an Open-House / Fiberglassing demonstration at Paul Appelbaum's home. Paul is the scratch-builder of the famous C-17 jet.

This should be something you can really sink your teeth into: Paul worked building composite experimental aircraft for many years, including a stint with Burt Rutan. We covet his skills, and now a few of them can get transferred to us...

• Everyone is welcome starting at 6:00 pm
  
• The open house from 6:00-7-00 will include C17 tooling, parts exhibits and AvantiA progress
  
• Club meeting will start at 7:00 and demos will start around 7:15

Agenda:

• Fun milling around one of the best equipped shops in the club. You might even get to see the C-17 sleeping.
• Safety 10 - ten minutes from John DeLuca, Safety Officer
  
• Paul will provide beverages, snacks and chairs; the demo will start at 7:15pm.

The demo will consist of:
- epoxy additives (micro balloons, cabosil, and cotton flock)
- using correct fiber orientation
- applying epoxy resin to fiberglass in between plastic to control resin content
- bulkhead reinforcements
- how to laminate a 90 degree outside corner without bridging
- forming a custom fiberglass mounting cradle around a fuel tank
- 3/4 ounce fiberglass techniques