1979 Decathlon CS rehab

Hiperbiper said:
Hobby Aire air supply
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I have access to one to borrow on the weekends, but in this day and age it is asking a lot of a friend to lend out an air mask that they have to put back on come Monday. I looked at the Hobby Aire and they seem like a very reasonable solution. Are you selling yours?
 
Joe said:
I have access to one to borrow on the weekends, but in this day and age it is asking a lot of a friend to lend out an air mask that they have to put back on come Monday. I looked at the Hobby Aire and they seem like a very reasonable solution. Are you selling yours?
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I'll loan it to you.
When you're finished with it you loan it to someone else who needs it. Deal?
Chris
 
Hiperbiper said:
Send me a PM with your address and I'll send it out tomorrow.
Chris
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I will forever be in your debt. Now the cold weather is giving way to windy weather having my rig ready to spray at a moment's notice will be a real asset. Thank you I will take good care of it.
 
Love painting days. Waiting for the paint to cure enough to pull the tape off, feels a lot like Christmas morning did, IMG_20220430_183546_HDR.webpIMG_20220430_193548_HDR.webpIMG_20220430_193623_HDR.webpIMG_20220430_114358_HDR.webpwhen I was eight years old. 
 
I've always loved the red, white and blue Wonder Woman exterior paint job, but the maroon interior has never done it for me. This is my first attempt at painting interior panels. I started out trying to dye the carpet grey with Rit dye. That was a failure. I moved on to fabric paint, I was pretty impressed with how it worked on the carpet. On the panels I scrubbed them with soap and scotch bright, rubbed them down with lacquer thinner, then washed them again. After all the cleaning the maroon was actually starting to look pretty good. Two coats of Bulldog adhesion promoter and two coats of Duplicolor fabric paint. Assuming it does not wear off soon I am pretty happy with my $100 interior Job.IMG_20220507_175826_HDR.webpIMG_20220520_191224_HDR.webpIMG_20220520_163325_HDR.webpIMG_20220520_180240_HDR.webp
 
I used that combination on the interior of 1969 Dodge Charger...I owned that car over ten years and the interior never scuffed or scrached. Good stuff.
"Wonder Women Paint Job"...🤣🤣🤣

Chris
 
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I could have sworn I started out building a battery tray, soon there was saw dust and floorboards everywhere. I was a bit surprised to gain five pounds. The original factory 1/4" BC grade fir plywood weighed in at 13.8 lbs while the new 6mm 5ply baltic birch weighed in at 19 lbs including the battery tray in both weights. The originals measured 0.22" thickness and the new measured 0.24". You can definitely feel a difference in the stiffness between the two but I'm not sure I am willing to give up the 5 pounds. Does anyone have any idea about how these weights compare to ACA or Rainbow Flying service floorsboardsIMG_20220529_084120_HDR.webpIMG_20220529_083604.webp?
 
Kinda off-topic - I need to "up" my hull coverage. 1977 180C/S, great Ceconite, high time but good engine, older avionics, nice upholstery.
Any guesses, or should I pay the bucks for aviation bluebook? Not selling, just insuring.

I sm currently covered at $52K, which is 20% more than I paid for it.
 
Joe said:
I could have sworn I started out building a battery tray, soon there was saw dust and floorboards everywhere. I was a bit surprised to gain five pounds. The original factory 1/4" BC grade fir plywood weighed in at 13.8 lbs while the new 6mm 5ply baltic birch weighed in at 19 lbs including the battery tray in both weights. The originals measured 0.22" thickness and the new measured 0.24". You can definitely feel a difference in the stiffness between the two but I'm not sure I am willing to give up the 5 pounds. Does anyone have any idea about how these weights compare to ACA or Rainbow Flying service floorsboards
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Toss them and use 5mm.
 
New floor boards look really nice. Your old floor boards may have been so dried out they were lighter. I wonder what the carbon fibre floor boards weigh?
I am really impressed with your painting. I will have to do that as well and am worried about getting all the masking correct.
I have to up my insurance value as well or the insurance company will just total the airplane for anything as the salvage values keep going up.
 
Yeah, I really like the look of that baltic birch. Think I am going to use the same for mine. But based on your experience with weight, I will use 5mm. From what I have read, baltic birch is stiffer and stronger than regular plywood for a given thickness, because all the plies are birch, not just the face veneers.

What type of wood and dimensions did you use for the battery tray framing?
 
If I did it over, I think I would stay with 6mm 5 ply baltic birch for the battery tray and center floor board between the seats. It is the only one that you can actually stand a put a lot of concentrated weight on. Then 5mm 5 ply baltic birch for the rest. I cut up an old spar for the wood reinforcements.
 
Didn't want to pay shipping for 6mm and 5mm, so I bought locally as 1/4". Must be 6mm because definitely heavier.
 
6mm and 1/4" are about .001 inch apart. I gained a few pounds with the 6mm, but I am really happy with the finished product.
 
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