Starting to cover the last piece of the aircraft: the left wings. Here are some pictures. The leading edge is covered with Poly-Fiber polyester padding. The Taylorcaft uses wire clips (aka Martin Clips or Taylorcraft wire or fabric retainer wire) to secure the fabric to the ribs. There is a discussion on the Taylorcraft forum …
In previous posts I discussed my struggle with the wire clips, going back to the original wire was a key step that allowed me to complete the right wing and obtain a good esthetic result. This is the bottom of the wing: This is the top of the wing: In addition to Polybrush and Polyspray …
The Taylorcraft BC12D did not use rib stitching, it uses the Taylorcraft Wire Clips. Today, you can buy an FAA PMA-approved Martin Wire Clips from Aircraft Spruce, so I decided to use it, also to avoid having to get a field approval for the rib stitching. The result was poor. As explained on the Taylorcraft …
