Guys, thanks for the input. I believe I will takeRon Wanttaja's advice and prime spars and skin joints. Once I paint, I will go the Corrosion X route. I will be little bitty and want to be seen.
Guys, thanks for the input. I believe I will takeRon Wanttaja's advice and prime spars and skin joints. Once I paint, I will go the Corrosion X route. I will be little bitty and want to be seen.
martymayes I believe that you are correct about the polyurethane paint. About 1977 we has a Cessna 180 painted with that stuff and about 6 months we had an unbelievable amount of filiform corrosion . It had no corrosion with the factory paint . It looked like worms all over the C-180 . This was in Florida where there is high temps, high humidity and salt air .
Metals corrode according to the galvanic series. Those high on the scale are most reactive when coupled with materials lower on the list. Magnesium is very high and gold is lowest. All other engineering materials are in between. Aluminum is below magnesium so if these two are in contact with an electrolyte (water, especially salt water), the mag corrodes first. If you look at alum alloys like 6061 or 2024, the 6000 series has mag as alloying constituent. Since mag and alum are close on the galvanic series, there isn't too much activity. With 2000 series, the alum is coupled with copper as alloying element, which is lower on the scale, so the reactivity is higher. Therefore, 2024 has higher galvanic activity and corrodes easier. So you have to protect 2000 series more than 6000 series. By cladding the reactive alum alloy with pure alum ( cladding) you reduce the galvanic activity at the surface and hopefully reduce corrosion.
Wickham never made his plans public; don't know what happened to most of them. May have donated them to Seattle's Museum of Flight or the Aeronautical department at the University of Washington.
At the time of his death, his wife donated his partially-completed Wickham Model F to the local EAA. I believe the plans came with it. Parts (most of the fuselage and partially-completed wings) are stored in the hangar where EAA 441 meets, don't know where the plans are. Some of the members of EAA 26 and 441 are looking into completing the aircraft, so they probably have them. It was designed for two Mazda rotary engines.
The guy who owns the Bluebird also now owns the Wickham Model C "Sunbird", a small single-seat cantilever-wing airplane made of wood. VW-powered. The Wickham D and E were similar. Wickham sold the D before it was even completed. He was performing spin testing with the Wickham E (Sunbird II) and ended up having to bail out. He was 68 at the time.
Interesting guy. I found a write-up about him, that I did for my chapter newsletter about 14 years ago. It's attached.
Ron Wanttaja
Thanks for for the info, the article is a very good read. I looked up the Seattle flight museum. Once they open their doors again I'll give them a call and see if they have the plans. Sometimes you get lucky with this sort of thing.
im already involved with a few building projects, but I'm learning Solidworks and digitizing old plans like these would be good practice. Start with the rudder... Then elevator...etc...may never finish but it's good practice .
Every year someone on some aviation site asks....what about an experimental twin??...
now we have somewhere to point them...hopefully someone with a good nose for this will uncover those plans..
thanks
Michael
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The best anti corrosion to use is Corban 35 made by ZIP Chemical . Boeing uses it on all of their aircraft and airlines use it where needed at their overhauls . It can be be bought is spray cans or bulk to spray or brush . Sky Geek has the best price. You Tube it . I use it on my A/C .