Re: 1940, 1941 and 1945 Cowls, grills, blisters, and trim
Murphy is absolutely hiding in the corners! ;-) Interesting to see how someone else attacked the same problems. Wish I had known what you were doing when we could have worked together.
I think you hit the real problem we will have with resin. The FAA won't like it because it isn't the way it was always done. Before we get too far into it we need to know from some of the legal eagles here if they think we would be wasting our time. I think we could get approval for an NC machined one, but how do we prove the resin one is safe? Making a "plastic" one would be pretty easy and inexpensive (unless of course if it failed and tore up a prop!) If I was doing a plane for museaum display i would cast a plastic one in a heartbeat. There even paints that would fool someone even if they touched it.
Hank
Murphy is absolutely hiding in the corners! ;-) Interesting to see how someone else attacked the same problems. Wish I had known what you were doing when we could have worked together.
I think you hit the real problem we will have with resin. The FAA won't like it because it isn't the way it was always done. Before we get too far into it we need to know from some of the legal eagles here if they think we would be wasting our time. I think we could get approval for an NC machined one, but how do we prove the resin one is safe? Making a "plastic" one would be pretty easy and inexpensive (unless of course if it failed and tore up a prop!) If I was doing a plane for museaum display i would cast a plastic one in a heartbeat. There even paints that would fool someone even if they touched it.
Hank
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