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March 18th 04, 04:14 AM
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On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 19:49:08 -0800, Jim Weir wrote:
Worth the bother? Perhaps. Surely makes a cleaner looking airplane, even WITH the scab patches over the old antenna holes (painted to match, of course). "Scab patches"? I just bought one of the little 99 cent steel hole plugs at Coast to Coast Aerospace, when I pulled the LORAN antenna off the Fly Baby.... :-) Ron "And I painted it with a $3 rattle can" Wanttaja 
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March 18th 04, 07:03 PM
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Ron Wanttaja wrote
snip "Scab patches"? I just bought one of the little 99 cent steel hole plugs ..... snip Wouldn't a steel plug used in an aluminum base be a potential source of galvanic corrosion? Hope there's plenty of paint between the dissimilar metals and better yet, that the plugs are made of stainless steel or, at least, have been passivated. Regards, Javier
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March 19th 04, 02:43 AM
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