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Tailwheel Installation – Part 2
Deburred tail wheel and spring holes and installed AN4 hardware through tail wheel assembly. Reinstalled clecoes on aft fuselage floor and took off of saw horses. Rolling chassis complete! Hours Worked: 1.26
Tailwheel Installation – Part 1
Drilled 1/4″ hole in tail wheel spring using same method as landing gear legs. Updrilled bottom half of tail wheel mount bracket then through drilled entire assembly and installed hardware. Noticed a descent amount of slop between tail wheel spring and mount so will probably epoxy mount into hole in warmer weather. Measure distance between…
Main Landing Gear Installation – Part 4
Packed wheel bearings with Aeroshell 5 grease then installed tires onto axles. Tightened nuts then backed off until slight drag felt. Going to put off drilling cotter pin holes in axles until brake system is completed. Removed saw horses and set down aircraft on the gear for the first time! Hours Worked: 0.80
Brake System Assembly – Part 1
Prepped wheel pant mount plates by marking new holes and cut-outs. Drilled mount holes and used combination of files and rotary tool for brake line hardware cut outs. Riveted nutplates onto outside of plates for wheel pant hardware. Assembled brake bodies to brass hardware using Teflon paste. Verified alignment of parts then installed brake assemblies…
Main Landing Gear Installation – Part 3
Drilled motor mount hole in new RH gear leg same as previous but used V block in drill press to ensure squareness. Deburred hole and attached new RH gear leg to fuselage with AN4-30A bolt. Drilled 1/8″ pilot hole through new RH axle (one side only). Setup axle toe-in jig by clamping aluminum angle to…
Main Wheel Assembly
Began prepping wheel assemblies by using large socket to fully set wheel bearing races into rim halves. Prepped tires and tubes by removing Schrader vale and applying talc to tire and tube. Assembled wheel assembly with new bolts from hydraulic brake kit and brake disk. Torqued wheel rim to 15 ft/lbs and inflated assembly to…
Main Landing Gear Installation – Part 2
Leveled fuselage using wood blocks under tail. Clamped aluminum extrusion and spacers to axles and measured axle height from top of upper longerons. Began drilling RH axle. Realized part way through that toe in was not being measured from front of fuselage but a different angle; had to abandon hole. Did more research and changed…
Main Landing Gear Installation – Part 1
Started by setting up drill press to drill titanium legs. Opted to not trim gear legs and left the 1/8″ longer than plans. Drilled main gear legs using slowest speed on drill press and 1/8″ cobalt drill bit. After initial holes were drilled, updrilled holes to 1/4″. Deburred and sanded main gear leg holes in…
Engine Mount Installation
Measured required bolt hole lengths which differed from plans. Used AN4-33A bolts for lower holes and AN4-32A bolts for upper holes. Inserted bolts into engine mount blocks then positioned mount on bolts. Torqued bolts to spec then applied torque seal. Hours Worked: 0.33
Aft Forward Fuselage Assembly – Part 4
Disassembled seat pans/channels to deburr and clean. Riveted seat pans and channels together then clecoed into fuselage. Riveted rear of assembly to aft seat belt channel and left clecoes in for center seatbelt channels and aft tunnel web spar per plans. Deburred new holes in forward fuselage floor then clecoed back onto fuselage. F09 complete!…
Aft Forward Fuselage Assembly – Part 3
Used rivet stems and clamps to hold center seatbelt channels into place while locating and pilot drilling seat ribs and channels to forward floor. Clecoed -14L/R angles into place. Located idler assembly and pilot drilled to lower cross member and seat belt attach assembly. Updrilled all holes in fuselage floor then removed floor for better…
Aft Forward Fuselage Assembly – Part 2
Pilot drilled and clecoed seat ribs and channels to fuselage floor. Clecoed together seat belt clips, attach channels, and seatbelt center channel and attached to inside seat pan ribs. Hours Worked: 0.82
