| installed the nutplates on the brackets and then attached them to the fairing, These matched up better then the main gear, but it |
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| still took some 'fitting' ie. filing to get the screws to match straight into the nuitplates. I alos repaired the misdrilled hole for the left |
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| tow bar attach point and then redrilled after I mounted the rear fairing. I put duck tape over the outside of the 1" hole , made a 2" |
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| square 4 ply lay-up, filled the hole with flox, to just slightly above the inside surface, then put the lay-up one and peel plied the |
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| edges. Put it under the halogen lights for a faster cure. Installed # 6 nutplates on the rear fairing and drilled and countersunk the |
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| front for mating the two. A little bit of 'fitting' here required as well. the new tow bar hole now matches perfectly, the seam |
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| between the halves will require filling similar to the mains. to get an 'even seam/gap. Now that the nose gear fairing is fitted I |
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| brought the plane down off the supports. forgot that's it still tail heavy, so I still have a saw horse under the tail. Started on the |
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| nose leg fairing, by cuttin gout the relieve areas per the plans template. then cut marked and fitted the piano hinge. Marked both |
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| sides for rivet holes but didn't get them drilled. Don Ridder brought by an engine hoist, so w/ John Ackerman's help I think that |
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| tomorrow we'll attempt to hang the engine! Stand by! |
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