There should be footboards!

Suomeksi

There are two footboards on the floor of the cockpit of the VL Myrsky. The supporting structure of the footboard is made from birch plywood and pine strips and the sliding surface from aluminium sheet.

The aluminium parts of the footboards of the MY-14 were repairable. Only cleaning by oxalic acid and solvent washing agent was needed as well as protective handling by Isotrol lacquer.

But the wooden parts were in poor condition and the design drawings were lacked. By collecting the footboards' wooden parts of three aircraft (MY-5, MY-9 and MY-14) it was possible to assemble an almost complete supporting structure. By using it as a model it was possible to rebuild two new footboards from plywood and strips.

Finally, the footboards were painted by Isotrol paint. The color tone is RAL 7005. The aluminium sheets were fastened to the supporting structures by wood screws. No by original screws but fully equal.

Reino Myllymäki