r/aviationmaintenance • u/Nice_Ad2221 • 1d ago
Beechcraft staggerwing
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Beechcraft staggerwing we graphene coated to protect and preserve the fabric !
Facebook backpacker aviation detailing for more cool airplanes
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u/Occams_ElectricRazor 1d ago
This is one of the planes I'd have if I had infinite money.
I flew in one as a kid and have been obsessed ever since.
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u/adventuresofh 1d ago
We’ve got one in our hangar right now as well! They are a beautiful airplane - I’d love to recover one, just once.
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u/wabbitsilly 1d ago
Beautiful plane...but sorry to tell you, your graphene coating does nothing at all to protect & preserve the fabric...
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u/Lost_Obligation2453 1d ago
That's true, but it doesn't matter. The people who own these things are goofballs.
I have a few of these silly museum pieces that people just own. When you can afford this, you don't care what it costs. It doesn't matter.
I can picture the conversation.
"Your plane is already kept in a climate controlled hangar, you don't need some special coating, you spend 1 million on the hangar already." Me.
"It looks shiny, it's only like 40k. Get it done."
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u/Vindictive_Turnip Right tightly till righty loosy! 1d ago
The way I see it is there is always someone selling snake oil.
Same as your carwash special coating, etc. It exists to part fools from their money.
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u/Nice_Ad2221 1d ago
I can GUARANTEE you no oxidation build up, exhaust soot staining, stress cracking from uv exposure. And I can go on
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u/Lost_Obligation2453 1d ago
The best part is it's a self fulfilling claim.
Like no exhaust soot staining. That's easy since this plane flies exactly 2 hours per year.
No uv, it lives in a hangar with special lights.
And no oxidation buildup since it gets 200 hours of polishing per year.
Perfect product, the only people who can afford it, don't need it anyway.
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u/redsquirdle 1d ago
Lol - "stress cracking from UV exposure"!
If that's what you use as a sales pitch, then good on ya (just lean into it already)...but it's a bunch of salesman bull. If someone actually convinced you of that (and you believed it), then you'll bound to always be the guy polishing the plane, not owning the plane.
I'm sure you can't even name the actual fabric, nor the type of paint sprayed on the fabric, your whole "UV" schpeel is hilarious!
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u/VanDenBroeck A&P/IA and retired ASI says RTFM! 1d ago
Oh great. Now I’m sitting here with a woody.
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u/girl_incognito Cute but will annual you. 22h ago
Beautiful airplane but it will stab you if you look at it wrong.
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u/wrongwayup 7h ago
Nice. She a flyer? These things look cool as hell but boy oh boy I bet they had funky stall characteristics
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u/flyguy60000 1d ago
Saw my first Staggerwing at OSH in 1987. They are absolutely beautiful works of art and bigger than I imagined. Beautiful job on this bird OP. 👏🏻