| Yesterday was spent trying to get all of the things that should/could be done prior to th ewings going on done. That included |
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| finishing the painting of the glare shield, and then mounting it. Also retrofitting the front seat latch handles to the one I got from |
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| G. Hale. These move the latch handle from the side of the seat where there's VERY little room to the front outside/bottom of the |
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| seat similar to an automobile seat adjustment. MUCH easier to adjust. Then today was the BIG day. The Wings got hung! My |
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| Friend Bob Hall came out to the airport w/ me this am , and then Mickey and Jerry came over from their hangar, and together we |
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| got both wings off of the cradle and installed on the plane. I used a trick/tip from David McNeil, and cold soaket the close |
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| tollerance wing bolts overnight in the freezer, I transported them to the airport in a cooler filled w/ ICE. we took them out sprayed |
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| some LPS on them and then put them in. They took a little 'encouragement' but from the stories I've heard not nearly waht |
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| others have had to do. WE got all 16 bolts in place and then went to the airport restaraunt for some chilli soup to celebrate!. I've |
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| still got to Torque them, and attach fuel lines/ electric connectors and linkage etc. But Its noce to see it looking a bit mor elike an |
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| airplane is supposed to look. |
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