USNRET Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted November 22, 2018 Moderators Share Posted November 22, 2018 Doesn't look too bad, until you consider it's in an airplane, then things get 100 times more serious, no room for error. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 Well I can see where the gum goes, but where oh where do I put the bailing wire? I also think a little spit will take care of most of that corrosion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windashine Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 Is the fuselage on a trailer, or in the hanger.... I can venture into some remedial offers to control that corrosion... As an example, my old truck was put together with rivets too, and I removed them one by one by one by one, and slowly put the wheels back on, and found a great sandblasting and custom welding shop, to carry on, I mean, fix my truck venture.... Have a Nice Thanksgiving, fly safely... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted November 22, 2018 Author Share Posted November 22, 2018 The 50 year old aircraft stay outside surrounded by saltwater within a mile on three sides with wind everyday. They fly down to 200' over the water so salt encrusted. We rinse with 500 gallons of Culligan filtered water after every flight when at home and wash with the same clean water every 28 days inspecting 1/3 of the airframe for corrosion. Every 224 days we open them up for inspection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windashine Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 … I was almost sure that vaca was meant to be vacation, like there was a smaller airplane in the backyard lol... thank you for the reply.... almost sent a link for the desert graveyard as a source for replacement panels... by looking at the picture above, I'm now planning on getting some caster's for my scaffold in the living room.... seems like a better plan than 4 rubber floor mat's... nevertheless, a picture is worth a thousand words, pretty cool... there's gotta be a smaller plane around there somewhere.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted November 22, 2018 Author Share Posted November 22, 2018 Yep, vacation....another word that means working on days off 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 6 hours ago, windashine said: … I was almost sure that vaca was meant to be vacation, like there was a smaller airplane in the backyard lol... thank you for the reply.... almost sent a link for the desert graveyard as a source for replacement panels... by looking at the picture above, I'm now planning on getting some caster's for my scaffold in the living room.... seems like a better plan than 4 rubber floor mat's... nevertheless, a picture is worth a thousand words, pretty cool... there's gotta be a smaller plane around there somewhere.... Whats with the rinky dink wheels? Shopping cart? JJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windashine Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 41 minutes ago, JJkizak said: Whats with the rinky dink wheels? Shopping cart? JJK That's what I imagined for the size of a project that Mike was working on lol, sorry for messing up the thread... was wondering if it fit on a trailer so I uploaded a "size example" - I mean, doesn't everyone have pontoon's on their plane down there on the coast... isn't that what everybody fly's through a hurricane eyewall (grin) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windashine Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 . o O ( be glad that vacation time doesn't allow too much time to mess around lol) …. I saw this thing on one of my strange exploratory searches... just glad to finally put it (the pic) to use, other than a way to reduce the number of bug hit's on the front nose file.... I remember trying to offer fixes for a recent thread about mowing in a yard of mosquitos lol and the infamous "garage door cable"... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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