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Kelvin Rempel

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Just found this article today in COPA magazine. Gave the owner a call and talked to him for some time about the system. Definitely interested in using it for my Ultimate. I asked him about the rib stitching for aerobatic aircraft. He mentioned any aircraft that has a VNE over 138 MPH needs the rib stitching, even though the fabric was certified with only the glue holding it onto the structure. The system was just recently STCd for certified aircraft.

There were a few threads on here from quite a few years ago on this process but nothing recently.

Does anyone here have any experience with this system recently?

The owner was saying Dan Clark in Texas has used it on several Pitts and has been very happy with it.

https://www.hipecaircraftcoatings.com/
 

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