new option for covering coming soon

[tim]

I call the the people at better aircraft fabric and they said they will have stc done some time next year this is great just wanted to let you know

look here http://www.betteraircraftfabric.com

[astjp2]

Re: new option for covering coming soon

I wonder if it will have the same problems as the Stewart system? I will stick with Poly Fiber, I am not going to be a Guinea pig, recovering costs too much to experiment. Tim

Nope, it has its own problems, "Once the adhesive has had sufficient time to set (usually 24 hours, longer in a cold environment) it is time to shrink the fabric." It would take a year to cover at that rate...

[Stumpy]

Re: new option for covering coming soon

What are the "problems" with the Stewart System? Been around their stuff for some time now....great folks to work with too, and they're right over the hill from me. Nothing wrong with Poly either, but aside from not being able to work with it in a sub-zero unheated hangar in the winter I haven't personally seen anyone having any issues with it, except for not abiding by their guidelines. Now that ol' Blueriver system...baaaaad juju their. ;-)

That being said I'd sure like to know about any problems with it. Knowledge is always appreciated...sometimes a whole lot more if it's about a "bad" thing.

[astjp2]

Re: new option for covering coming soon

Stewart system blotches out in the rain after the airplane is finished and sitting outside, the water affects the finish that can take a week to dry out most of them. There have also been some problems with the glue not holding. I am getting this from mechanics that are using it so I am stickin with the polyfiber it only took 20 years to work out the bugs in it. Tim

[tim]

Re: new option for covering coming soon

well I'm trying to get the weight down and taking some 30/+ lbs off would really help also I have been flying models for years and I uses there ultracoat so I don't have any problem with it its just a bigger plane lol

[N96337]

Re: new option for covering coming soon

Stewart system blotches out in the rain after the airplane is finished and sitting outside, the water affects the finish that can take a week to dry out most of them. There have also been some problems with the glue not holding. I am getting this from mechanics that are using it so I am stickin with the polyfiber it only took 20 years to work out the bugs in it. Tim

The osmotic blush is from them not following directions. I've seen it a couple times and it ALWAYS comes back to not prepping right and not spraying right. As far as the glue not holding....I call TOTAL BS!!! I've used that glue and that system for many years and never had nor seen a problem when it was used right. I even 'tech-repped" it for a couple years, and every time, the people would swear to me that they followed directions....until they were pressed... A few people create problems and then squak about it loud and every "expert" jumps to more and more conclusions. Biggest problem with that system is that people just want something that can be slopped on and will cover all blemishes and mistakes... that system is a fantastic system, but is different to use...therein lies the problem. I always compare it to flying a taildragger.... certainly not impossible to do, but you wont like the results if you fly one like you do a ground sniffer!! Same goes with Stewarts....if you apply it like you're slopping on Polyfiber, it's not gonna make you happy. Polyfiber is one fantastic system....I used it for years...but Stewarts has been better to me.
John

[Stumpy]

Re: new option for covering coming soon

I haven't seen any problems when you follow their methodology. That being said it takes a little more effort/experience to get a real "show plane" finish out of it (something I'm not interested in anyway). The fellas in Cashmere make it look easy and get beautiful results, so I reckon it's just a matter of using it enough to get the knack...

Just a different learning curve than polyfiber...not more difficult, just different. N43319 is in stewarts, 'cept for the wings. I have enough poly laying around to do a couple sets of wings, but I think the new ones will get stewarts. I want to get more proficient with it and doing it is the only way...