We are planning to install our Com antenna on the turtledeck, and since the aluminum is fairly thin in this area so we decided to bolster it with a doubling plate in order to strengthen the area. We made this 10"x10" plate from 0.25 sheet aluminum, bending all the edges down with a brake to strengthen it further. We drilled holes and dimpled the material in both the turtledeck and the strengthening plate, and will rivet them together in the near future.
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| Doubler for Com antenna |
We decided to paint (prime) the interior of the plane gray in order to make it look a little nicer, and to match the gray color of the existing power-coated tubing. In order to match the grays, we decided to create our own shade of gray by adding pigment (Mixol dye #1) to Superflite white primer. We experimented in order to get the grays to match, and ended up using 100 drops (about 5ml) of black pigment for every 6 ounces of primer. We did a lot of masking to try and keep things neat, and didn't paint the sections that will be covered with aluminum floorboards. We applied the colored primer with regular paint brushes. It took 2 coats to even everything out, but we're happy with the results. Hours: 14
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| Gray interior |
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