Daft question about Teflon coating
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Daft question about Teflon coating
I feel almost embarrassed asking this question, but what the hell.
Our syndicate PA28 has just been teflon coated - and I must say, it looks great and is much easier to keep clean.
However it is now virtually impossible to get the fuselage cover back on - the slightest breath of wind and the damned thing slides off. The job now takes about 10 minutes instead of the previous 2.
Anybody else hit this problem and found any good tricks to get around it?
G
Our syndicate PA28 has just been teflon coated - and I must say, it looks great and is much easier to keep clean.
However it is now virtually impossible to get the fuselage cover back on - the slightest breath of wind and the damned thing slides off. The job now takes about 10 minutes instead of the previous 2.
Anybody else hit this problem and found any good tricks to get around it?
G
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About another 5 - 8 knots at 75% cruise, and about half the time to clean it.
Mind you, it's brand new, ask me again in 6 months.
Mrs G is not allowed near my kitchen except to wash up or make tea, cooking is a man's job (and I hate gardening, so it's only fair).
G
Mind you, it's brand new, ask me again in 6 months.
Mrs G is not allowed near my kitchen except to wash up or make tea, cooking is a man's job (and I hate gardening, so it's only fair).
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Those are some really impressive figures for this teflon coat.
Would not have expected for a film that thin to make anywhere near this difference on these non laminar aerofoils.
What do they say about repairability if you need to respray a bit previously treated with the teflon (ie are the problems akin to those areas treated with silicon containing wax etc?)
FD
Would not have expected for a film that thin to make anywhere near this difference on these non laminar aerofoils.
What do they say about repairability if you need to respray a bit previously treated with the teflon (ie are the problems akin to those areas treated with silicon containing wax etc?)
FD
