kevinhardw Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 Hi everyone, My question is what and where to buy resin and BID & UND? Regards, Kevin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Ashton Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 There is an Aircraft Spruce dealer in Europe https://www.aircraftspruce.eu and a fair number of French canard builders. (I just saw a nice Cozy located at Vannes in the NW). You might join the "Canard Aviator's" yahoo group and the "Cozybuilders" google group. There are European builders on those lists that might be able to advise you. Consider this: It's going to cost you $30-35,000 to build a Long-ez and buying materials a little at a time will just kill you with delays, shipping costs and VAT. You can buy a flying Long-ez in the U.S. for that amount or less. Buy an older Long-ez in the U.S., put it in a shipping container and ship it to Europe. I imagine your cost will turn out to be about the same as building from scratch and you can have a lot of fun updating it: re-engine, re-wire, repaint, and make the changes you'd like to make. I have a friend in Vannes doing that now to a French Cozy that needed a lot of work. There are lots of EZs coming up for sale as the late builders from the late '70s and '80s get out of flying. They are still good airplanes but with small engines and 70's avionics. http://www.canardzone.com/forum/topic/21972-sales-ive-seen/ Quote -KentCozy IV N13AM-750 hrs, Long-EZ-85 hrs and sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidhawk9 Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Hi Kevin, The following thread may be of interest to you, regarding glass: http://www.canardzone.com/forum/topic/17837-rutan-fiberglass-specs/ There are resin options in Europe - I believe MGS is available there? You might even find a 'local' vendor. Quote Aerocanard (modified) SN:ACPB-0226 (Chapter 8) Canardspeed.com (my build log and more; usually lags behind actual progress)Flight simulator (X-plane) flight model master: X-Aerodynamics (GMT+12) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinhardw Posted May 16, 2018 Author Share Posted May 16, 2018 Thanks Cameron, the canard zone thread is exactly what is required. Kent this is for the renovation of my 6th hand 1986 Longeze. In particular for the torsion wraps on a new nose gear strut. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Ashton Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Kent this is for the renovation of my 6th hand 1986 Longeze. In particular for the torsion wraps on a new nose gear strut. I expect that any BID weave of a similar weight as the Rutan weave would do (8.8 oz). If you only need few yards, I would get from the European Aircraft Spruce dealer. Quote -KentCozy IV N13AM-750 hrs, Long-EZ-85 hrs and sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Belgium Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 I buy the BID and UNI at https://www.aircraftspruce.eu The Resin and hardener at https://www.r-g.de 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinhardw Posted June 9, 2018 Author Share Posted June 9, 2018 Thanks Peter, That is where, now there is the question of what? There seems to be some choice amongst those marked as “aero”. Some of which are also marked as only for commercial customers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Zeitlin Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 https://www.aircraftspruce.eu/composite-materials/fiberglass-cloth-tape/cloth/rutan-fiberglass-cloths.html Quote Marc J. Zeitlin Burnside Aerospace marc_zeitlin@alum.mit.edu www.cozybuilders.org copyright © 2024 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Belgium Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 The epoxy Resin L385 is the closest to MGS. In fact is even a litlebit better. Hardener 386 is the 120 min. And hardener 385 is the 20 min. Up to now they always deliver my orders. If they do not deliver to you. Contact me in private and we find a way out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinhardw Posted June 9, 2018 Author Share Posted June 9, 2018 Thanks again Peter, If I get stuck I will not hesitate to get in touch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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