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My point is that your assumption that an unpainted fabric covered aircraft is capable of flight is ABSOLUTELY incorrect and flying a fabric wing with peeling paint is very dangerous.  

If you don't seal the weave against the air YOU DON'T HAVE A WING!

Try making a stretched canvas boat without paint.

The ONLY thing keeping a fabric covered airplane in the air is the PAINT. Without it there is nothing stopping the air from just blowing right through the fabric!

LOL. Thank you Bruce. I went to the last chaper 85 meeting on Tuesday and met Helmut. He suggested Westwind in Sydney. I have checked out their website and they even mention aircraft on the main page! I will be contacting them for sure!

Thanks.

Gary.

Hi Fly_boy_bc,
Call Helmut Gebenus in Chapter 85 (use membership list on RAAChapter 85 website). If there's a source of spruce in BC, he should know.
Bruce

Hi Fly_boy_bc,
You have lost me. I think a fabric covered airplane will fly just fine without paint. Drag might be higher, and she won't look pretty, but she'll fly.
My original post was more focused on a painted fabric airplane, and the results if major portions of the paint should start to peel in flight.
I guess I'm missing your point.
Bruce

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The ONLY thing keeping a fabric covered airplane in the air is the PAINT. All of your careful work on the structure and fabric covering is JUST to keep the paint where you need it to be for aerodynamic reasons. If it peels off during flight you no longer have any surfaces and the plane will not fly!

RECOVER THAT AIRPLANE! (fuselage too or you lateral stability could suffer)

I am rebuilding a Fisher FP-101 (the original Koala). I am a member of RAA 85 in Delta BC. I live in Agassiz BC (Past Chilliwack but not beyond Hope).

I need some 3/4x 3/4 logerons as well as 1/8 x 1/2 geodetic as well as a few other smaller sizes. I could order from AC Spruce Canada but that's a long way from me here in BC.

Does anybody have a source of spruce in BC? Perhaps a marine supplier?

Join the "FFP" yahoo group. They have many Canadian members there. This is the factory supported discussion group for Fisher Flying Products.

Hey fellow builders, I'm redoing the interior of my Pulsar and looking for someone who does Upholstery. If anyone has a referral please post.
Local to the Toronto GTA preferred.
Thanks
Chris

Check with the RAA office. They might have a lead - contact info on the RAA webpage. Good Luck!

An important safety pointer for sure.