Re: Prop Bending

From: Nicholas <ndhuang83706_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 20:59:02 -0000

I'm sure it's not the glue- These blades have just come off the block.
 I haven't attached them to the spars yet.
Nicholas
--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Steve Brown" <rtxc@...>
wrote:
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> --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Nicholas"
> <ndhuang83706_at_> wrote:
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> > Hi All,
> > I recently made a couple of props for my LPP, but when they finished
> > drying they were warped...
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> Are you sure this isn't caused by glue shrinkage along the joint where
> the blade and spar meet? If you use much glue in this area you will
> get distortion of the spar and also may get excessive (and increasing)
> camber pulled into the "airfoil" of the blade.
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> Try gluing the blades on with diluted white or aliphatic glue.
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Received on Fri Jun 30 2006 - 13:59:07 CEST

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