180 Horizontal skin replacement
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.
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…
Currently working on a ground loop repair to a Cessna 170B wing. If you watch you will see the three measurements for twist, the tool is made such that it should always be zero, the inboard, the middle, and the tip. You can see the twist is out by .7 which means it has only…
Rebuilding a 170 horizontal..
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…….
Repairing a Beaver horizontal stabilizer, opening up a can o worms
It all starts with rivets and time.