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 Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 2:58 am Post subject: Polished props and stuff |
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Of course polished aluminum, spinners and airplanes look great! So, if polished props are "banned", what about all those polished fuselages? Often you can see filliform corrosion under the shine.
Technology provides alternatives. "Ghost" chrome is now applied in production on numerous autos, not just the hot rods and custom bikes. One of the shops on my airport (LAL) has a rig for application of a rainbow of metal-look finishes. Has anyone out there flown with any such finish on their spinner?
Craig Payne
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Dale
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| Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 5:42 am Post subject: Re: Polished props and stuff |
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US aircraft skins unlike Russian Skins are alclad aluminum . Just like anodizing a propeller for protection the US skins have a sandwich of pure aluminum on the surface for protection, polish through it over the years and corrosion starts. Beech has several service bullitens on the V-35 for just this problem. The skins must be thickness measured to assure proper structural integrity because of over polishing. The Yaks and such are all and must use anodized/alodined or painted to protect them from corrosion because they do not use alclad.
MT propeller can put the chrome looking finish on Kevlar spinners for a extra $500 when you buy a new one.
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