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kfb
February 1, 2020, 11:51pm Report to Moderator
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Hi
I am now at the point of shrinking the fabric on my two Mini Max wings.  So far I have gone to 300 degrees and was considering stopping without going any higher in temperature.  You do encounter this general counsel relative to shrinking fabric on lighter weight aircraft.  I thought I would ask what most of you out there in ETLB land have done or are doing in terms of final shrink temperatures.  Thanks for your comments
Kim Brown
New Hampshire
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Mickvds
February 2, 2020, 1:27pm Report to Moderator

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G'day Kim

I used Poly Fibre for my build and got nice results following the recommended temps. 250 first up then around the 300 to 350.

Are you happy with the fabric tightness after 300 deg iron?

Cheers, Mick
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G'day Kim

I used Poly Fibre for my build and got nice results following the recommended temps. 250 first up then around the 300 to 350.


Same here except I didn't go past the rear spar at 300 or 350. The fabric is so tight is feels like a solid surface instead of stretched fabric. There is no sign of the fabric pulling the trailing edge lose or scalloping of the aileron trailing edge.
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