Leather yokes

[Flyin Bullfrog]

Given the cost and time to accomplish to leather wrap yokes, I decided to give it a try with a Beech Baron customer.  He shipped out the yoke, I adjusted some pre existing patterns for seam allowances and went to work-accomplished in about 5 hrs.  Polished and repainted the Beech template, all screws and hardware. Steam stretched the leather with good results. With some difficulty, I did my K yokes while in the airplane, much better and easier with a removed yoke.  Sharing the results.

Rico Lenway

Flying Bull Frog LLC

N231C

 

Baron yoke.pptx

Edited February 14, 2017 by Flyin Bullfrog

[carusoam]

The frog's power point page opens almost automatically in the IPad keynote program... iPresentation of sorts.

Nice photos of how the work is done.

Thanks for sharing, Rico!

Best regards,

-a-

Edited February 19, 2017 by carusoam

[M016576]

On 2/14/2017 at 6:09 AM, Flyin Bullfrog said:

Given the cost and time to accomplish to leather wrap yokes, I decided to give it a try with a Beech Baron customer.  He shipped out the yoke, I adjusted some pre existing patterns for seam allowances and went to work-accomplished in about 5 hrs.  Polished and repainted the Beech template, all screws and hardware. Steam stretched the leather with good results. With some difficulty, I did my K yokes while in the airplane, much better and easier with a removed yoke.  Sharing the results.

Rico Lenway

Flying Bull Frog LLC

N231C

 

Baron yoke.pptx

What leather did you use, and did you save the templates?  I bet if you sold templates plus leather hide, along with instructions, for about $200 bucks, you'd have quite a few customers.... many would rather do that than send them out and pay $800.00

[Flyin Bullfrog]

I used black leather fm a left over project.  This particular hide was bought fm RELIATEX. You can use ANY aviation hide.  I did not use a template for the Mooney job. I did, however, use a template for the Baron yoke. There is some technique and tips that I will write up later.

more to follow.