AN960-416
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Tail Installation – Part 3
Mocked up ELT location on rear shear web and marked vertical stabilizer on where skin needs to be trimmed. Removed vertical stabilizer and marked out mounting hole location on shear web. Trimmed vertical stabilizer skin and riveted ELT mount and clamps to fuselage. Painted elevator horn with spray paint. Reattached vertical stabilizer with AN3 and…
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Tail Installation – Part 1
Began tail surface installation by moving tail surfaces from house to hangar. Discovered that horizontal stabilizer skins were installed upside down and that the bottom skins would need to be trimmed to fit around fuselage tail cone. Using the top side skin as a reference, trimmed bottom skin to clear fuselage tail cone. Will need…
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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
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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…
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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…
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Initial Kit Inventory – Part 2
Inventory most of kit. Still need to organize tools and parts in small boxes Hours Worked: 8.50