Ed - I agree. I have had the wings inspected very carefully. So far no corrosion. My mice seem to thrive on D-Con and they are not interested sticky traps with either peanut butter or cheese. I'm in a closed hangar with about forty feet to the nearest grass. Lease forbids food on the premises. Based on the content of the nesting material, I suspect we are still finding old nests, but I know I have mice in the hangar.
Don _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ed Burkhead Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 8:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Center Section Inspection..... Don wrote: > I found it much easier to clean out this year's accumulation > of mouse mess with the larger holes. Don, Mouse pee is very corrosive. If you are getting ANY annual "mouse mess" inside your plane, I'd urge you to make some changes to totally eliminate this. My experience was that siting the plane well away from grass is the first, best defense. The mice won't usually cross tens of yards of tarmac looking for homes. My Coupe friend, Roy Prugh, fashioned aluminum boxes for his landing gear. These boxes have sides around 10-12 inches high (or so - I haven't measured them) and he front side is hinged. With the fronts unlatched and lowered, he can roll the plane in and out of the parking space. Raising and latching the box front presents mice with a smooth sided wall and nothing to grip. Even though he uses these in his hangar (which is only about 25' from the grass), he put screens in part of the bottom to allow for liquid to drain. The goal is zero mice - ever. I've seen corrosion from mice pee and never want it again! Just my not-a-mechanic-of-any-kind opinion. Ed Ed Burkhead http://edburkhead/ <http://edburkhead/Ercoupe/index.htm> Ercoupe/index.htm ed -at- edburkh???ead . com (change -at- to @ and remove ??? and spaces)
