I recently became a new owner of a 53B model. Some of the control surfaces are in need of straightening/reskinning. What is the best or least expensive way to repair these? Is it better to find new (straight) surfaces or to have them reskinned? If reskinning is the answer are there any recomendations to have these done. If repacement is the answer is there a recomendation on where to look? What kind of costs can I expect.
Thanks, Nelson Sundby
N1864C
control surface; replace or rebuild?
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I'm in the process of reskinning my Left aileron, both elevators, and the rudder. They are at Williams Airmotive in Kendallville, IN. ( http://www.williamsairmotive.com/index.htm ) I know this is a shameless plug, but they are THE best place to have this stuff done. They have the jigs to rebuild most any Cessna or Piper, they epoxy prime the inside as part of the process for corrosion control, and they can turn it around quickly. The prices they gave me are:
Complete rebuild of Left Aileron: $850
Re-skin Elevators: $950 per elevator
Re-skin Rudder: $950 - $1500 depending on its condition and whether it need both upper and lower skins and whether the belcrank is serviceable.
If you choose to re-skin your control surfaces, I would highly recommend Williams.
Complete rebuild of Left Aileron: $850
Re-skin Elevators: $950 per elevator
Re-skin Rudder: $950 - $1500 depending on its condition and whether it need both upper and lower skins and whether the belcrank is serviceable.
If you choose to re-skin your control surfaces, I would highly recommend Williams.
Doug
Geeze, I'm not charging enough!!!
I've done a few of these (completely drilled apart, all parts
etched, alodined + epoxy primed, rebuilt from the ground up)
and I estimate it takes 10-15 hours to do one. So I suppose at
$50+ an hour, it doesn't take long to get up to those prices....
I've done a few of these (completely drilled apart, all parts
etched, alodined + epoxy primed, rebuilt from the ground up)
and I estimate it takes 10-15 hours to do one. So I suppose at
$50+ an hour, it doesn't take long to get up to those prices....
Bela P. Havasreti
'54 C-180
'54 C-180
I had mine done at JRA Executive in Hagerstown MD. They also have Many tools for that kind of work.
John
John
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Williams did both my wings. Fantastic work, indistinguishable from Cessna factory work except wonderful, quality anti-corrosion treatments (epoxy polyamide) and no wrinkles!
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