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Subject: | Re: inspection and corrosion |
It will depend on A) Were the wings and tail alodined and primered with
epoxy? B) Were grommets installed in the cloth so that water vapor could
get out? C) The kind of rivets used. The early Kolbs used very thin wall
tubing and used regular steel pop rivets rather than SS. D) Was the
fuselage cage painted or powder coated? If the cage is white and you see
rust colored stains all around it's probably powder coated. If you use AC
43.13 as a guide you'll have to sand to bare metal and restore the finish
after priming. I like to use epoxy for this very reason.
The picture is of the interior of a Firestar 1 wing which had no grommets
and poor priming of the parts before assembly. It also used the regular
steel rivets. It was from Pennsylvania and had this kind of corrosion
throughout the wings and tail. Not good.
Good Luck.
Rick Girard
On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 7:45 PM, <james.vanlaak@gmail.com> wrote:
> I flew my Firestar about 25 miles from the Gulf for years and never had a
> bit of corrosion from salt. The usual spot rust on the steel parts, of
> course.
>
> On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 8:15 PM, Peter Cowan <cowan.phc@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I may be looking at a kolb in the Houston area. Any input on how much an
d
>> what corrosion might be a factor in that close -to-salt water location?
>>
>> Anyone in that area with kolb maintenance experience who would be
>> willing to provide a second opinion for a fee?
>>
>> Many thanks
>> Peter
>>
>
>
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