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Corrosion Control for Aircraft

There are many construction materials used for building aircraft. Each material has it's own strengths and weaknesses. One significant issue that needs to be addressed with metal planes is corrosion prevention. There are things that you can do to prevent corrosion problems in your plane. Since a major portion of the planes flying today are made of metal, a lot is known about how to prevent corrosion. Fortunately, much of that information is available in various places on the Internet. If you are building a metal plane, and would like to learn more about what you can do to protect your plane, you might want to carefully read the information found with the following links.

• AvStop Magazine Online - "Corrosion Control For Aircraft"
  This magazine also has an entire Maintenance Information Section
• Chris Heitman's Van's RV-9A Homebuilt Airplane Project Website contains good information regarding "Internal Corrosion Protection".
• EAA Chapter 1000 serves the Edwards AFB area. That chapter has highly knowledgeable members that have advanced experience in the aviation industry. Some of those members have written some very informative articles on Corrosion Control.

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