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Lou wrote:
> Ok, I just finished reading Tony Bingelis's "sportplane builder"
> section on covering a wooden plane with fiberglass instead of the
> intended fabric. Has anyone in this group ever done this or some who
> knows someone who has done this? I am building a wooden place that
> calls for
> a fabric covering. I have tried to do as much homework on this subject
> as I can but still can not come up with a weight difference between
> fabric and a thin coat of fiberglass. I know that the fabric isn't
> structural so why cannot I subsitute a lightweight fiberglass for the
> fabric?
> Any feedback?
> Lou
>
The fiberglass you're refferring to goes by the name of RAZORBACK.
Various military planes used it like the PT-19B
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Re: Fiberglass vs. Fabric
