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Impulse foil repair

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Created by HIMLING > 9 months ago, 6 Feb 2019
HIMLING
6 posts
6 Feb 2019 1:52AM
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Crack along leadinga, was full of water. Now looks dry. My idea is to fill whole wing with epoxy. Any experience or suggestions?





Paducah
2787 posts
6 Feb 2019 2:31AM
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Looks dry and is dry are very different things. How old is the wing and what brand? It looks like the two halves are separating - a manufacturing issue. My first impression is that this is a warranty issue.

I think a proper repair would be to grind back, get it absolutely dry, rebuild the edge.

PatK
322 posts
6 Feb 2019 3:13AM
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What is inside? Some kind of foam? Better not!
In the case it is hollow i would make the crack as wide as it could dry in the sun. After that you can let some epoxy in with a liquid foaming agent. I made this with my selfmade foil mast and it worked perfectly.
shop.hp-textiles.com/shop/en/Fillers-Additive/Additive/Liquid-foaming-agent/
Be sure to get it really dry!

Windbot
509 posts
6 Feb 2019 5:01AM
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Were you windfoiling with a Liquid Force Impulse kite foil? I spoke to someone who did that with a previous generation of LF foil and they bent their fuselage.

HIMLING
6 posts
6 Feb 2019 2:41PM
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Sorry for offtopic its Liquid force Impulse kite foil. Missed kite forum. Dont know what inside, but no foam.

Paducah
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6 Feb 2019 10:01PM
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HIMLING said..
Sorry for offtopic its Liquid force Impulse kite foil. Missed kite forum. Dont know what inside, but no foam.


Kiter? (Just kidding - my kite friends and I share the same enthusiasm of our wings)



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