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Gil Leiter asks: > Are the corrosion problems restricted to 415 coupes, or do > the Alons and Forneys also have the problem? Gil, ANY plane can get a fairly quick corrosion problem with a liberal application of mouse-pee. Rainwater takes a lot longer to cause corrosion but it depends a lot on what's mixed in with the water. Ercoupes and Forneys, with the slide-down door/windows flow rainwater through the belly when tied out (unless you have an impervious canopy cover). Alons and Mooney M-10s, with their slide-back canopy at least wouldn't have that problem. But even the latest Mooney M-10 is pushing 34 years old and that's enough time for corrosion to have formed. My Coupe was quite clean in its center section when John Wright, Sr., inspected it before I sold it to John, Jr. (He's beautifying it for resale.) To keep it that way, I bought it corrosion free and paid for hangar space, usually having to drive past closer airports to a more distant airport, which had a hangar available and affordable. Also, for many years, I had a mechanic who washed the plane inside and out as part of the annual inspection, saying that it gave him the chance to inspect every inch of the plane. I would not count on any old plane being corrosion free till it's inspected. After you inspect it, KEEP THOSE MICE OUT OF IT!!! Nice wheel boxes can do well to keep the mice out if you can't hangar the plane or if the hangar is close to the grass. Hangar the plane if you can or get a good canopy cover if you can't hangar it. If you have a clean plane, I'd say that with mouse boxes for the wheels and a canopy cover, even a tied out airplane should have little prospect for future corrosion problems. With good care, some of these planes could well fly on their 100th birthdays. Ed Burkhead http://edburkhead.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Gil Leiter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 8:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Coupe-Tech Subject: Re: [COUPERS-TECH] Fwd: Prospective Purchase Ed Burkhead wrote: > > Bill asked for the link to Hartmut's corrosion pictures --> > > Coupers. > I finally opened up the center section to remove > the corrosion we found today. > To avoid the data congestion, I prepared a > little page with six images to look at . > Check it out and learn from the tragedies of > others. grin > > http://home.pacbell.net/hbeil/ercoupe/corrosion.htm > > Hartmut > > Ed Burkhead > http://edburkhead.com/ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Bill, I am also new to the list and missed the pictures. I would like > to know how to view them. > > gil leiter > MAPLEWOOD, MN Thanks, Ed. Are the corrosion problems restricted to 415 coupes, or do the Alons and Forneys also have the problem? gil leiter MAPLEWOOD, MN ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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