floorboards

[ken hecht]

I am restoring a 1940 BL65,which has wooden floor boards, and my flying BC12D, born in Feb 1946, also has wooden floor boards. In what time did the factory change to (maybe metal) floors. I have a friend restoring a 1946 T-craft, and his I.A. says he can't install wooden floors, because he has never seen a T-craft with with wooden floors. Would this be a safety issue or what?

[Frank DeBartolo]

Re: floorboards

My BC12-D was born March 27, 1946 and has metal floors.

Frank D
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[Ragwing nut]

Re: floorboards

Not a saftey issue, not structural. I don't like metal floors due to the resonance they have from vibrating.

Mike

[taylorcraftbc65]

Re: floorboards

And on top of the vibration issue, wood looks soooo.. much cooler. I built a set of floor panels from 1/4 inch red oak furniture grade plywood, and tung oiled them. Then I screwed brass heel plates on them, and they look fantastic. Next, I'm going to furniture glue and press birdseye maple veneer onto 1/8 inch ply for the inside door panels, rear panel, and instrument panel.
I'm thinking about taking out the headliner because my head rubs against it the way I have the seat set up, and am thinking about replacing the headliner with the same birdseye maple fastened directly to the fuselage tubing over my head. I would also do the same with the two sides to cover where the wings join the fuselage. When it's all done, the inside of the plane will not look stock, but it will look beautiful. Brie

[VictorBravo]

Re: floorboards

and am thinking about replacing the headliner with the same birdseye maple fastened directly to the fuselage tubing over my head.

Imagine another two inches of headroom AND the ability to see out of the airplane... paste this url into your browser address window:

http://gallery.taylorcraft.org/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=3445

[mulwyk]

Re: floorboards

Nice skylight, Bill. Your design?
Bob

[taylorcraftbc65]

Re: floorboards

Bill,
GREAT greenhouse!!! I have a copy of the 337 that I got off this site, is that the design that I'm looking at?? I'm away from home now, so I can't look at it for reference. Brie