Couple of refurb pics

[Howard Wilson]

Finally took some shots of the makeover in progress. Sorry they are a little fuzzy. Still trying to figure out how to turn the flash back on......... There are more pics starting on page 9 in my gallery.http://gallery.taylorcraft.org/main....d=153&g2_page8

[VictorBravo]

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Howard, just exactly how many wings does your Taylorcraft have? In the photo I noticed two large wings that seemed appropriate enough for a T-craft, and also at least three extra smaller wing panels behind your rudder and elevators.

This seems like it would be a little too many flying surfaces, unless you are building the world's first triplane Taylorcraft!

[Howard Wilson]

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Hi Bill, Just two T wings, heh heh. The other four (1 w/o cover) are for a Rose Parrakeet experimental I 'had' to pick up. If I'd had time I was going to mock up a photo of two of the Parrakeet wings on the T and harass the clipwing boys....... Wonder if 3 wings on a T would meet the 51% rule????

[mhorowit]

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Howard - speak to us. what are you doing? the last we heard it was a leaking valve cover gasket; you didn't have to remove the wings!!!!! - MIkeH

[Howard Wilson]

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Howard - speak to us. what are you doing? the last we heard it was a leaking valve cover gasket; you didn't have to remove the wings!!!!! - MIkeH

Darn! I knew I should have asked the Tribe first!
Well.... parts for the Lycoming were getting harder to find, (although if I had known how hard it is to find a continental 100 octane valve...), and with the strut AD looming I figured it'd be a good time to do a little sprucing up on the old girl. Putting together an A-65, wood prop for same, rejuvinating the dope and fresh coat of color, new sling and seat upholstery, repair one or two ribstitches, Alaska struts, fabricate LG to fuselage fairings, and new hardware related to all of this, and then all the little things that you find as you go along. Not much Hope to get it finished by the Alliance flyin.
I've been wondering how your project is progressing? How many lawn chairs have you gone thru now??? Come by and visit some time.

[Howard Wilson]

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Few more pics. Found the flash so maybe a little clearer. You'll see the lg-fuse fairings being fitted. No that's not the rubber seal I'm gonna use but it was handy. Should there be a slight bend line under the row of attach screws? My 'lawn chair' under the struts, in front of a kick out wall (pick it up from the other side with forks on the tractor and move it out of the way). etc.

[astjp2]

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Looks good! Tim

[VictorBravo]

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Should there be a slight bend line under the row of attach screws?

Yes, there should be about a 3/8 or 1/2 inch flange there from everything I've seen.

Lookin' good!

[Larry Lyons]

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I agree looks nice. Question, will the fairing be continued on the underside or do you plan on stopping where you have. Also, what are the screws threaded into? I am thinking maybe I should plan on making an attach strip there when I recover the fuselage. Larry

[Mark Julicher]

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Really nice work!
So how are you going to fit that wide brown bench seat in there anyway?

[Howard Wilson]

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Thanks guys, Bill, I thought there was a flange, it kinda wants to bend just where you're saying. Larry, as far as I know it wraps around the front and then bends ~90' and matches up with the nearest screw in the lower cowl to fuselage seam, (which on mine are machine screws with nuts somehow fastened on their end). You can kinda see the screw head in that head on photo just to the right of where the rubber ends. Got the pattern for these off of the project I had in the barn. When I made them the first time they ended up too short for this plane, kinda like the positioning of the #s and stripes. Each one hand made.
Finding the holes in the 'U' channel under the door was a real pita.They are already there. I finally got my son Nate to sit there and find them, three on each side. He has more patience than me.....The holes in one fairing will line up with the opposite side. Mark, that bench seat slides right in there Maybe I didn't mention it but I have one of the only two B-L 65-WBs built. Yup three across or one lying down, really great for those long cross countries to the Alliance flyin. Funny couldn't find a mention of them in Chet's book???

[Hank Jarrett]

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OK, you're gonna kick yourself but there is an easy way to locate the holes. I take a hand full of cheap hardware store machine screws with the right diameter and thread for the holes (yea I know, they are PK screws but you can get them to "just fit". All you want is for them NOT to just fall out of the holes. DON'T BUGGER UP THE THREADS IN THE PLANE!!!). Take a pair of nuts for the machine screws and lock them together on the screw. Clamp the nuts in a pair of vice grips and grind a point on the screw head. Take off one nut and slip the screw in one of the holes with only a small part of the point exposed. The remaining nut is so you don't push the screw in the hole and damage the threads in the fuselage. Once you have the "locator's" in place you put the fairing in place and tap it with a rubber hammer to put a dimple on the aluminum. The dimples make perfect starters for a drill and my holes line up perfect.
Hank

I have a hand full of different little pointed screws in my screw jars for finding hole locations. Just NEVER let the load from the taps go into the threaded part.