View Single Post
  #5  
Old January 30th 07, 03:50 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Orval Fairbairn
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 824
Default Age of Ceconite?

In article ,
"Danny Deger" wrote:

I am considering buying a Taylorcraft covered in Ceconite in 1993. An ideas
on how to make sure the fabric is in good shape? I don't want to have to
recover in the next couple of years.

Danny Deger


1. Is the plane hangared, or has it sat outside a lot?

2. If you take a drop light inside the fuselage or wing, can you see
light through the fabric? If so, it doesn't have enough silver and is
prone to UV damage.

3. What is the filler? Dope? Stits? Something else?