Hi Erich,
I powder coated my tailwheel spring in the year 2000. I have no idea
what temperature was used in the oven but I have found no ill effects
over 980 hours of flying and ~1400 landings. (Some quite hard!)
If I did this over again I would probably nickel plate the spring noting
that it is good practice to have an initial flash coat of copper before
the nickel.
Cheers, John
N262WF
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> From: Erich Trombley <erichdtrombley@juno.com>
> Subject: Europa-List: Powder Coating Tailwheel Spring
>
>
> Hello all,
>
> Does anyone have any experience with powder coating their Tailwheel Spring?
Is
> there a concern about the oven temp necessary to melt the powder and the
> potential
> affect on the temper of the steel. I see that they are now producing some
> low melt temp powders (340 deg F.). However, I do not know what temperature
> the spring was temped at. I suspect much higher, probably around 500 deg F.,
> Although, I would rather not guess. Thoughts?
>
> Blue skies,
> Erich Trombley
> N28ET Classic Mono 914
>
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