Another Wing tip repair

We used a English Wheel to make this cowl for this Taylorcraft that was once owned by Ramblin’ Rod. Ramblin’ Rod had a children’s show in the 1960’s which kids would go to, sit on the bleachers and watch which I was one of. Using an English wheel is a lot of fun but takes…

Replaced both left and right horizontal tips with Mc Farlane tips using 8 32 screws in place of rivets. The idea is that you can easily change out the tip if damaged, one thing is that if you operate a seaplane you need to put some corrosion protection on the nut plates and screws on…

Like many things when it gets old the dents start to show and the only option is a face lift. When this is done it is almost like new, your wife may not notice but you will. 

There is an STC for these but it has long since become a floating STC. I installed these as a minor alteration but used the STC as my data for installation. It is a pretty simple sheet metal project but you have to be careful. I do have these louvers coming available soon as a…

  It all starts with rivets and time.

 After removing the tail we found that an earlier replacement of the tail bulkheads with a later model 180 bulkhead, probably because of the plane going over on its back, was not done very well…….