GVilleFlyer
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Anyone have any ideas on how to make an RV-12 unsinkable, even if swamped or upside down? Proseal the interior of the wings? Foam?
In the old days people filled the wings with ping pong balls for transatlantic flights.Anyone have any ideas on how to make an RV-12 unsinkable, even if swamped or upside down? Proseal the interior of the wings? Foam?
The foam would be my first choice but the kit is substantially built......I was looking for something I could inject or pour-in. I have to do some calculations.....Not sure about the -12, but Herman ('SuperCubDriver') filled part of his RV-8 wings with foam, for his transatlantic flights:
Successful water landing
Your ping pong ball weights are off by a factor of 10........... So everything is 10 times heavier. The air / helium weight is now insignificant.www.vansairforce.net