pierre smith
Well Known Member
Another thread got me thinking about an unbelievable story an A@P friend told me. This ambitious builder built a Sport biplane (Pitts or Skybolt) and when the DAR was almost through with the final inspection, the silver painted tubing of the fuselage kept looking somehow different to him. He asked if he could scrape away a little paint and the builder agreed. The tubing was still shiny underneath and really puzzled the DAR. When he asked what sort of tubing it was, the guy went and found a short piece and said that this is some of it.
It turned out to be thin-walled galvanized tubing that electrical wire goes through!! The ENTIRE fuselage was carefully welded out of this stuff!! Needless to say, it never flew (unless he flew illegally).
Pierre
It turned out to be thin-walled galvanized tubing that electrical wire goes through!! The ENTIRE fuselage was carefully welded out of this stuff!! Needless to say, it never flew (unless he flew illegally).
Pierre