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I realize that each Kolb built it the builder's experiment and you have the right to do as you wish, but you might want to consider this. The two things missing in the construction videos are: 1) No sign of any sort of corrosion protection on all that bare aluminum, and 2) no drain grommets or any way for water to get out of the covering. I know there will be comments from those who've never seen corrosion, or who don't believe in it, but the pictures show what condensation inside the wing of a 15 year old Firestar did to the aluminum. As Poor Richard said, "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure".
If you think alodining new aluminum and painting with epoxy before covering is a PITA, add hours and hours of drilling out rivets, sanding and inspecting with a magnifying glass to the point of eyestrain, THEN acid etching, alodining, painting and reassembling for which you get more pains than just those in the posterior.
I didn't invent this, it's all right there in the Poly Fiber manual, so do as you think best.
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Ralph B
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| Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 12:16 pm Post subject: Re: Construction |
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Rick, was this Firestar stored in a trailer?
I've heard that corrosion like this can happen
when the aircraft is stored in a trailer. I have
a 24-year-old Firestar and I'm sure there isn't
any corrosion on it and I store it in a garage. I
don't have any drain holes in the wing and I fly
during the winter and sometimes get salt on the
outside of the plane trailering it on those salted
Minnesota roads.
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Ralph, I've only owned it for four years so I can't say. The fellow I bought it from had it stored in a workshop when I picked it up.
Rick
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The climate you have it in has a lot to do with it. I doubt owners in northern VT have a lot of corrosion problems.Dry in the summer and zero corrosion in the bitter cold due to retarded chemical activity.
Personally I'm happy my wings have no access holes. there are no moving parts to inspect and no problems with
bees, mice, chipmunks and hickory nuts within.
The fuselage is in the basement for now but I am planning on a varmint free steel barn within the next two years.
BB
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[quote]Ralph, I've only owned it for four years so I can't say. The fellow I bought it from had it stored in a workshop when I picked it up.
Rick
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I absolutely agree with you on this. Every piece of aluminum in my plane has been corrosion proofed with the epoxy paint recommended in the poly fiber manual. Its easy to think everything is alright when you can't see it.
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6061-T6 does not need corrosion protection in most applications..It
has its own oxidized layer that protects over time.. I would only be
concerned if I were flying near salt water...
I rebuilt an Ultrastar that had steel rivets and found everything
to be in good order...20 some odd years later...it had been on floats
at one time.. Herb
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Herb, No offense, but that's an old wives tale. 6061-T6's silicon alloy base makes it more resistant to corrosion than a copper based alloy like 2024-T3, but it doesn't give any magical powers. All aluminum gets an oxide layer the second it's exposed to oxygen and it does slow corrosion after that, but inside a sealed wing with a condensation cycle every day, unless of course you're Kolb is somewhere near Davis-Monthan AFB, provides all that's necessary for corrosion to continue. My Firestar came from mid Pennsylvania and now it's in Kansas. Not a lot of salt water around here.
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At 10:22 AM 12/1/2010, Richard Girard wrote:
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My Firestar came from mid Pennsylvania and now it's in Kansas. Not a lot of salt water around here. |
Still, that seemed like _really_ bad corrosion! I have what's left of a project that started out as an ultralight in 1980, then a trailer some years later, that's sat outside my house for 23 years, laying on the ground, getting rained on. All 6061 tubing and AN bolts; it's still nowhere near as bad as that.
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My other point was that I have rebuilt an Ultrastar and a MkIII ..91 MkIII and an older Us. No Corrosion...Herb
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[quote]Herb, No offense, but that's an old wives tale. 6061-T6's silicon alloy base makes it more resistant to corrosion than a copper based alloy like 2024-T3, but it doesn't give any magical powers. All aluminum gets an oxide layer the second it's exposed to oxygen and it does slow corrosion after that, but inside a sealed wing with a condensation cycle every day, unless of course you're Kolb is somewhere near Davis-Monthan AFB, provides all that's necessary for corrosion to continue.
My Firestar came from mid Pennsylvania and now it's in Kansas. Not a lot of salt water around here.
Rick
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I rebuilt an Ultrastar that had steel rivets and found everything to be in good order...20 some odd years later...it had been on floats at one time.. Herb
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What is the procedure you used for corrosion proofing the inside of the aluminum tubing used on a Kolb?
Gene
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John Hauck
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What is the procedure you used for corrosion proofing the inside of the
aluminum tubing used on a Kolb?
Gene
Gang:
Back in the old days, Kolb used carbon steel rivets with carbon steel
mandrels. They loved to rust.
I built my Ultrastar with carbon rivets and learned soon how quickly they
developed rust.
When I built my FS, I got Little Mike, Old Kolb Part Man, to get me SS pop
rivets to build the FS Kit. They worked much better, but they still used
carbon steel mandrels. I used to put a blob of Stitts 2 part expoxy on the
heads, but could do nothing with the tails of the rivets. However, this has
never been a problem. I am flying a MKIII I built in 1991, and has been
flying since 1992. That's a lot of hanger time, and a lot of time out under
the stars and rain/dew when I am flying overnight or longer cross country
flights.
I haven't had a problem with corrosion. My understanding was most aircraft
aluminum is "alclad". That is a thin coat of pure aluminum. If you get
aluminum that is not "alclad", it is more prone to corrode.
Based on the photos Rick G sent to the List of his Kolb project he picked up
in PA, I would have left it right where I found it. Never seen anything in
the junk pile out side that looked that bad, except when rodents peed on the
aluminum.
Rodent urine is highly corrosive, and they love Kolbs, especially the
tailboom. Occasionally I shoot some anticorrosion spray into my tailboom to
counteract rodent urine and water that gets in there from condensation, and
also from occasionally washing the airplane.
I am more concerned with the 4130 chromoly tubing. I have used tube seal in
all three Kolbs I have built.
I do have drain holes on wings, ailerons, horizontal stabilizers, elevators,
upper and lower vertical stabilizers, and rudder. Don't know if they do
more harm than good. They let out moisture, but allow dirt/mud daubers to
come inside. I had some corrosion in the trailing edge tube of the left
aileron when I rebuilt it in 2000. Undoubtedly, they have a lot of acid in
their nests and larvae.
john h
mkIII
Titus, Alabama
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John
The only alclad aluminum that I know is 2024...It is considered to
be a primary aircraft metal . .the core metal contains a fair amount
of copper..The trick it to lay a pure sheet of aluminum over both
sides of the ingot before it goes down the hot roll mill.. this bonds
a very thin layer to the core metal...
Guys with unpainted GA planes who like to polish will eventually
wear the soft cladding of aluminum through... then it is time to paint...Herb
6061 is a high Maganese/Magnesium alloy...from memory..The outer
surface corrodes into aluminum oxide which is hard and offers
corrosion protection from the normal elements...meaning ,,,no mouse
pee or salt water to name a couple..
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What is the procedure you used for corrosion proofing the inside of the
aluminum tubing used on a Kolb?
Gene
Gang:
Back in the old days, Kolb used carbon steel rivets with carbon steel
mandrels. They loved to rust.
I built my Ultrastar with carbon rivets and learned soon how quickly they
developed rust.
When I built my FS, I got Little Mike, Old Kolb Part Man, to get me SS pop
rivets to build the FS Kit. They worked much better, but they still used
carbon steel mandrels. I used to put a blob of Stitts 2 part expoxy on the
heads, but could do nothing with the tails of the rivets. However, this has
never been a problem. I am flying a MKIII I built in 1991, and has been
flying since 1992. That's a lot of hanger time, and a lot of time out under
the stars and rain/dew when I am flying overnight or longer cross country
flights.
I haven't had a problem with corrosion. My understanding was most aircraft
aluminum is "alclad". That is a thin coat of pure aluminum. If you get
aluminum that is not "alclad", it is more prone to corrode.
Based on the photos Rick G sent to the List of his Kolb project he picked up
in PA, I would have left it right where I found it. Never seen anything in
the junk pile out side that looked that bad, except when rodents peed on the
aluminum.
Rodent urine is highly corrosive, and they love Kolbs, especially the
tailboom. Occasionally I shoot some anticorrosion spray into my tailboom to
counteract rodent urine and water that gets in there from condensation, and
also from occasionally washing the airplane.
I am more concerned with the 4130 chromoly tubing. I have used tube seal in
all three Kolbs I have built.
I do have drain holes on wings, ailerons, horizontal stabilizers, elevators,
upper and lower vertical stabilizers, and rudder. Don't know if they do
more harm than good. They let out moisture, but allow dirt/mud daubers to
come inside. I had some corrosion in the trailing edge tube of the left
aileron when I rebuilt it in 2000. Undoubtedly, they have a lot of acid in
their nests and larvae.
john h
mkIII
Titus, Alabama
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The only alclad aluminum that I know is 2024...It is considered to
be a primary aircraft metal . .the core metal contains a fair amount
of copper..The trick it to lay a pure sheet of aluminum over both
sides of the ingot before it goes down the hot roll mill.. this bonds
a very thin layer to the core metal...
Guys with unpainted GA planes who like to polish will eventually
wear the soft cladding of aluminum through... then it is time to
paint...Herb
6061 is a high Maganese/Magnesium alloy...from memory..The outer
surface corrodes into aluminum oxide which is hard and offers
corrosion protection from the normal elements...meaning ,,,no mouse
pee or salt water to name a couple..
Herb/Gang:
Thanks for correcting me. I remember reading about alclad somewhere many
years ago.
I've got old 6061 tubing hanging in the shop that has turned dark and old
looking, but when inspected, it is like surface dirt, extremely thin layer.
I don't hesitate to use this old tubing when necessary.
For items that should not be painted, like aluminum engine mounts on Kolbs
with 912's, I use alodine after giving them a phosphoric acid bath. This
works good. I learned from my first set of aluminum 912 engine mounts that
if primed and painted, where the engine case makes contact with the aluminum
mount, vibration and stress will soon wear away the primer and paint,
leaving four loose engine mount bolts. Of course one could prime and paint
the mounts, but mask off the areas where the engine case makes contact with
the mounts.
john h
mkIII
Titus, Alabama
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Herb, quite right. If you go to buy an old airplane check to see how long it has been painted. Those polished antiques may look dandy
but all they are doing is harm. Better to paint it from the get go or leave the surface to chalk.
Even then I have heard about older airplanes that looked great on the surface but you could push a pencil through the skin. Mostly
the result of intergranular reaction due to dissimilar metals. A friend who refueled Air America gooneys in VN said he had to be careful
to not put a foot through the wing skin. 
BB
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John
The only alclad aluminum that I know is 2024...It is considered to be a primary aircraft metal . .the core metal contains a fair amount of copper..The trick it to lay a pure sheet of aluminum over both sides of the ingot before it goes down the hot roll mill.. this bonds a very thin layer to the core metal...
Guys with unpainted GA planes who like to polish will eventually wear the soft cladding of aluminum through... then it is time to paint...Herb
6061 is a high Maganese/Magnesium alloy...from memory..The outer surface corrodes into aluminum oxide which is hard and offers corrosion protection from the normal elements...meaning ,,,no mouse pee or salt water to name a couple..
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> What is the procedure you used for corrosion proofing the inside of the
> aluminum tubing used on a Kolb?
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> Gene
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> Gang:
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> Back in the old days, Kolb used carbon steel rivets with carbon steel
> mandrels. They loved to rust.
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> I built my Ultrastar with carbon rivets and learned soon how quickly they
> developed rust.
>
> When I built my FS, I got Little Mike, Old Kolb Part Man, to get me SS pop
> rivets to build the FS Kit. They worked much better, but they still used
> carbon steel mandrels. I used to put a blob of Stitts 2 part expoxy on the
> heads, but could do nothing with the tails of the rivets. However, this has
> never been a problem. I am flying a MKIII I built in 1991, and has been
> flying since 1992. That's a lot of hanger time, and a lot of time out under
> the stars and rain/dew when I am flying overnight or longer cross country
> flights.
>
> I haven't had a problem with corrosion. My understanding was most aircraft
> aluminum is "alclad". That is a thin coat of pure aluminum. If you get
> aluminum that is not "alclad", it is more prone to corrode.
>
> Based on the photos Rick G sent to the List of his Kolb project he picked up
> in PA, I would have left it right where I found it. Never seen anything in
> the junk pile out side that looked that bad, except when rodents peed on the
> aluminum.
>
> Rodent urine is highly corrosive, and they love Kolbs, especially the
> tailboom. Occasionally I shoot some anticorrosion spray into my tailboom to
> counteract rodent urine and water that gets in there from condensation, and
> also from occasionally washing the airplane.
>
> I am more concerned with the 4130 chromoly tubing. I have used tube seal in
> all three Kolbs I have built.
>
> I do have drain holes on wings, ailerons, horizontal stabilizers, elevators,
> upper and lower vertical stabilizers, and rudder. Don't know if they do
> more harm than good. They let out moisture, but allow dirt/mud daubers to
> come inside. I had some corrosion in the trailing edge tube of the left
> aileron when I rebuilt it in 2000. Undoubtedly, they have a lot of acid in
> their nests and larvae.
>
> john h
> mkIII
> Titus, Alabama
>
>
>
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For those interested in painting the inside of tubes:
Years ago we built a float FS that was intended to be flown on the
Chesapeake where the water is brackish - somewhat salty.
We have always urged strong caution in flying Kolbs on salt water because
there are so many dissimilar metals. John Pitre in HI flew a TS for many
years but he went to great pains to protect and to rinse thoroughly with
fresh water after flying.
Getting back to the FS on the Chesapeake: We made a shallow pan and soaked
the ribs in lacquer thinner and swished it around to remove as much of the
oily coating on - and in - the tubing.
Then we immersed the ribs in a shallow pan of epoxy chromate primer and hung
them up to drip dry. For the spars we cleaned them inside and out with
lacquer thinner and then poured epoxy chromate paint thru them with the ends
capped off with plastic. The spars were then rotated and tilted to get the
inside thoroughly covered.
Then when the wing was assembled we sprayed epoxy chromate paint to paint
all the rivets and any missed areas. The tail surfaces, etc got even better
treatment because the tail typically receives spray from the floats.
I don't know how much of that was necessary, but we thought we were being as
thorough as we could.
I lost track of that FS, so ultimately I do not know how successful or
unsuccessful the preventative measures were.
Dennis
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