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Post subject: Re: Interior Panels: new Widgeon interior Posted: 27 Oct 2018, 15:37 |
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Joined: 07/02/13 Posts: 3127 Post Likes: +2979 Location: Stamping Ground, Ky
Aircraft: twin bonanza
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How does Kydex hold up? I’ve seen a couple of airplanes with what I think was kydex get warped pretty good sitting on a hot ramp. Not sure if that was just a not great install, or something that could be a problem. Love the Widgeon. Nice work. Widgeons are high on my dream list.
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Post subject: Re: Interior Panels: new Widgeon interior Posted: 27 Oct 2018, 22:48 |
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Joined: 05/05/09 Posts: 4946 Post Likes: +4776
Aircraft: G44, C501, C55, R66
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Username Protected wrote: How does Kydex hold up? I’ve seen a couple of airplanes with what I think was kydex get warped pretty good sitting on a hot ramp. Not sure if that was just a not great install, or something that could be a problem. Love the Widgeon. Nice work. Widgeons are high on my dream list. Kydex is the same stuff they use on airliner sidewalls. It's the same stuff citation and Eclipse plastic around the windows is molded out of. It definitely distorts and warps with heavy heat but I think covered in foam and leather, it's going to be perfect. I probably would use it for window moldings as a manufacturer though.
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Post subject: Re: Interior Panels: new Widgeon interior Posted: 29 Oct 2018, 22:11 |
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Joined: 04/06/17 Posts: 50 Post Likes: +9
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I found my Widgeon had a mix of aluminum-backed and thin plywood-backed interior panels covered with very old vinyl. Left a few of the smaller wood-backed panels out when I put interior back in, because they crumbled like dry leaves when I moved them..Your engine cowl metal work done?
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Post subject: Re: Interior Panels: new Widgeon interior Posted: 30 Oct 2018, 09:09 |
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Joined: 05/05/09 Posts: 4946 Post Likes: +4776
Aircraft: G44, C501, C55, R66
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Username Protected wrote: I found my Widgeon had a mix of aluminum-backed and thin plywood-backed interior panels covered with very old vinyl. Left a few of the smaller wood-backed panels out when I put interior back in, because they crumbled like dry leaves when I moved them..Your engine cowl metal work done? Mine was the same. The front side panels were crumbled/rotted plywood, the back was aluminum down low and vinyl directly over the metal frame up high. Total mess! next step is to mock install the Kydex panels before sending them off to get covered. Right metal cowling is probably 85% done and the left is 60%. The instrument panel is about ready to be sent out for the installation of some shiny Garmin goodies. Shy of reskinning the entire airplane, this will be about as close to a new Widgeon as possible. Given the size of this thing, it was probably more like rebuilding a King Air than a Baron. Way more work than I thought. I would have paid top dollar for an already done one if I had known this was going to be a 2000+ hour multi-year project.
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