BC12D parts for sale

[Robert Bradbury]

I have various al. ribs, one ventral fin, one rear spar good, two main spars and one rear spar good for template or repair. Also a bunch of bent up ribs that could be used for repairs. see link to pictures below.

I also just realized that I have a VG kit still in the box that I never used. I paid over $400 . Offers??

http://pbckt.com/sc.dMT1

[Larry Lyons]

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All those ribs and not a one pre-war in the bunch!
Larry

[Robert Bradbury]

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All those ribs and not a one pre-war in the bunch!
Larry

I thought you could exchange a pre war with the post war stamped ribs?

[Hank Jarrett]

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Was that a float plane ventral fin I saw in there? If so, someone needs to make a drawing of it before it goes back in service. I think some folks were looking for them and they don't look that hard to build.
Hank

[Ray36048]

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Long story, but I sold that fin to Robert. I did make a simple drawing of it before I shipped it. If someone needs the info I will try to dig it out.

[Larry Lyons]

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I thought you could exchange a pre war with the post war stamped ribs?

Same airfoil but that is all. Different orentation and rib stitching/wire. As my bird is in other wise good shape I am really trying to keep her all origonal. However I am not in to that kind of rebuild. As I go along all the parts that I have that are origonal will go back in to her, but I will waunder when it comes to sky lite, cushining, GPS, spar bushings, etc., all little stuff that will not alter her origanality so if someone in the future comes along like Joel Severinghaus and wants to take her back to her former glory, it will all be there.
Larry

[Robert Bradbury]

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Was that a float plane ventral fin I saw in there? If so, someone needs to make a drawing of it before it goes back in service. I think some folks were looking for them and they don't look that hard to build.
Hank

Yes sir, that is a ventral fin which took me 3 years to find.

I sent this to Forest after I bought it so he could make a drawing. Not sure that he did for sure, but he did have it for months.

I do have a drawing of the fin as well that I could copy.

[pasture_pilot]

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I have various al. ribs, one ventral fin, one rear spar good, two main spars and one rear spar good for template or repair. Also a bunch of bent up ribs that could be used for repairs. see link to pictures below.

I also just realized that I have a VG kit still in the box that I never used. I paid over $400 . Offers??

http://pbckt.com/sc.dMT1

This may be a dumb ?, but just what exactly IS a VG kit??

[Hank Jarrett]

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It's a bunch of little "wings" that are attached to the plane (the wing in this case) sticking straight up into the boundary layer. You set them at pretty carefully defined angles to generate little vorticies in the boundary layer and keep the flow stuck to the surface.
You usually see them on the tail areas of planes they are trying to milk a little more performance out of. In the case of the T-45 (Navy trainer) they were used because the designers screwed up and couldn't meet the requirements for low speed performance (that one is going to get me in trouble, but hey, I did the eval on it and they SCREWED UP).
On the Taylorcraft it keeps the flow attached when you are really slow and makes the roll control better while reducing the stall speed.
Hank

[pasture_pilot]

Re: BC12D parts for sale

It's a bunch of little "wings" that are attached to the plane (the wing in this case) sticking straight up into the boundary layer. You set them at pretty carefully defined angles to generate little vorticies in the boundary layer and keep the flow stuck to the surface.
You usually see them on the tail areas of planes they are trying to milk a little more performance out of. In the case of the T-45 (Navy trainer) they were used because the designers screwed up and couldn't meet the requirements for low speed performance (that one is going to get me in trouble, but hey, I did the eval on it and they SCREWED UP).
On the Taylorcraft it keeps the flow attached when you are really slow and makes the roll control better while reducing the stall speed.
Hank

Ah..Vortex Generators... have heard of those, I wonder if that kit comes with the STC for Taylorcraft only, or other birds?...I would be interested in them if there is an STC with the kit for a C150M.

[Robert Bradbury]

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Ah..Vortex Generators... have heard of those, I wonder if that kit comes with the STC for Taylorcraft only, or other birds?...I would be interested in them if there is an STC with the kit for a C150M.

I'm pretty sure the kit is specific to the Taylorcraft and you would need a different one for a C-150. I'll try to find out for sure and let you know.

[KewFlyer]

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I'm pretty sure the kit is specific to the Taylorcraft and you would need a different one for a C-150. I'll try to find out for sure and let you know.

Robert:
Let me know if you have the Tcraft STC for the VGs... we may be interested.
Thanks
Ralph

[Hank Jarrett]

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Generally VG kits are tailored to one type aircraft. You can't just take a Taylorcraft kit and put it on a C-150 and expect it to work. Location of each VG is critical as well as the angle to the flow.
Hank

[Robert Bradbury]

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Generally VG kits are tailored to one type aircraft. You can't just take a Taylorcraft kit and put it on a C-150 and expect it to work. Location of each VG is critical as well as the angle to the flow.
Hank

This is true for sure as I just checked it out. The C-150 has VG's that go on the vertical stab as well which the T does not have.

[Hank Jarrett]

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People who fly C-150s know what the rudder is for?!?!?? Most of those I have known who flew "nose draggers" never quite got it that the rudder was a primary flight control.
I used to have a MAF (Navy for "gripe report") where the pilot said the "foot rests" were loose! THAT was scary! We had an A-6 that the rudder was blown off during Carrier Quals and the pilot didn't know it was gone! He didn't understand why the director kept telling him to "park it" when he still needed more traps to complete is qualification. Lucky there was no cross deck component that day.
Hank

Yea, the T-45 fin had a BUNCH of VGs.