| Finished the fwd nose gear leg slot cover. I dimpled the skin and countersunk the lower cowl. Ended up installing regular #8 |
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| nutplates as the fiberglass was thick enough so that after countersinking enough to accept the dimpled cover there was still |
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| enough material left. In order to cutout the recess for the nose gear leg fiaring, I had to finish the attachment of it to the nose |
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| gear. Had to sand off some of the smooth prime in order to see where to match drill for the nutpates. Attached the nutplates per |
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| the plans except had to use a pop rivet for the upper rivet in each nut plate not enough room to get a bucking bar or squeezer in |
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| there. Attached the fairing and then figured out and layed out the recess on the fwd cover to allow for the gear leg fairing. I sized |
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| up the aft cover plate and the Van's supplied 'hanger' but apparently the James cowl is about 3/4" deeper than the Van's cowl so |
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| the bracket is that much too short. I'll need to make another that much longer an then I can attach it to the Aft slot cover and then |
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| complete the install of the aft cover to the lower cowl. |
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