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Old October 16th 06, 12:07 PM posted to rec.aviation.owning
Denny
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Default Long term storage

Leave it in your hangar... Pull the battery and put it in the parents
basement on a 'true' trickle charger - 12.8 volts trickle, check the
RV web stores for the real deal - taint cheap... Get a Globar heater
element (Gary Innocenti - Applications/Sales (716)286-7608) to put in a
metal pail and set that on cockpit floor - they can also be found as
closet dehumidifiers - do a web search... Slather a coat of wax on the
paint and tape newspaper over the plexiglass... Fog the inside of the
cylinders with anti-rust, rotate the engine so you get to the bottoms
of all the cylinders... Insert the anti rust inserts for the plugs...
Block up the plane so most of the weight is off the tires... And it
will be fine when you get back...

If you want to get reaaly far out, also put a plastic tent over the
entire plane and put a dehumidifier under it with a drain to the
outside...

denny