| Another Milestone. The plane is sitting on it's own gear. I seated this for quite some time, I don't know why, I guess it's because |
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| this is a pretty critical piece of equip and there is only 1 bolt that hold each leg on, and it needs to be right the 1st time. I ordered |
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| a .311 drill (not reamer) from mcMaster carr several weeks ago, thought about reording a reamer the same size, but forged on |
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| ahead today with the drill bit. I had to really get the plane quie a way's up in the air in order to get a straight shot @ inserting the |
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| gera legs. A bit tricky for a one man operation, but by 'ratching' it up I was able to do it. As others have mentioned, inserting the |
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| legs can be sticky, I ended up using a scotchbrite wheel and very briefly polishing the insides of both the top and bottoms of the |
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| gear mounts, then with some encouraging from the rubber mallet the went in. Drilling the holes was pretty much a non event, I |
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| was worried about alignment etc. but the pilot holes are only slightly smaller than the final, and once you get the drill bit started |
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| its over before you know it. same thing with the 3/8 " holes to mount the brake/pant assembly on the gear leg. I used the 3/8" |
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| reamer I got for the Flap bearings and it's pretty straight forward. Judy can home from an errand and said " Boy it's starting to |
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| look like a real airplane!" (I sure hope so!). The rest was straight forward right out of the plans. |
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