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    All,

    Thank you in advance for all of your help. I purchased a basket case '46 BC12D just shy of a year ago, with the goal of using the rebuilding experience towards earning an A&P. The airplane had been disassembled for a recover in 1980 and has sat in a pile of parts ever sense. I have spent the last year removing the old "primer" and surface rust from the major components, and now am at the point where I can start thinking about putting things back in their place. What I am quite certain of is that I do not have all of the pieces, lots of bags, but it is a puzzle without a picture to match. Many of the posts here have been quite helpful in the research for what my airplane should be.

    I have a set of the Univair manuals, which do not include many drawings. Is there another source of drawings (wood pieces, assemblies, hardware callouts etc.) that I can look into?

    Jonathan Lee
    Taylorcraft BC12D S/N10538

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    When we get a message it is like Christmas for a lot of us. The fun game of "What the heck is THAT?!?!?" is starting up again! Post a photo of a part you can't identify (ONE part per post!) and we will have a blast trying to be first to figure out what it is. Often someone will also post a photo showing where it goes and pointing out any damage you might not realize since you have only ever seen one of the part. Also start the thread s with the NC number and Serial Number as that will draw in folks with planes close in production to yours.
    Don't be surprised when a few parts that have NOTHING to do with Taylorcrafts pop up!

    Hank

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    • #3
      By the way, SN 10538 is a Laird from 1930! She is just south of me in North Carolina. Pictures of the fuselage and wing structure will get us to the period your pane parts are from.

      Hank

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Hank Jarrett View Post
        By the way, SN 10538 is a Laird from 1930! She is just south of me in North Carolina. Pictures of the fuselage and wing structure will get us to the period your pane parts are from.

        Hank
        serial number hank, not n number. Serial #10xxx will be a late 46 or 47.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Hank Jarrett View Post
          By the way, SN 10538 is a Laird from 1930! She is just south of me in North Carolina. Pictures of the fuselage and wing structure will get us to the period your pane parts are from.

          Hank
          That serial number belongs to a Taylorcraft BC12-D, a Douglas DC-4, a Robinson R44 II, a Consolidated Vultee BT-13A, and a Cessna 120. The Taylorcraft "N" number is 5238M.

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          • #6
            N number 10538 is a 1930s Laird. Serial number 10538 is a BC12-D in Louisiana. Strange that it is listed as a BC12-D with no year when most of the alpha numeric N numbers are later Taylorcrafts. From other planes with close N numbers and Serial numbers I would guess she should be a 47.

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            • #7
              Esco Aircraft have a dece t set of drawings. You can download the files or order paper.



              Scott
              CF-CLR Blog: http://c-fclr.blogspot.ca/

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              • #8
                Thank you all for the inputs. I am sure I will have many more questions in the future.

                Jonathan Lee
                BC12-D - N5238M S/N10538

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