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Fuselage - Good progress here with controls in place, electrical conduit
complete, and flap control rod in console. |
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Controls - Rudder controls complete. Dual brakes with a very
innovative rudder pedal tensioning system. Note the spring strap on
the floor and bent up toward the firewall. There is an I-bolt connected
to the rudder controls and to the spring. This maintains the cable
tension on the rudder cables. The rudder cables are also crossed prior
to entry into station 30. This appears to be one of the best crossing
points since the cables are at their closest point here anyway. Looks
real neat. |
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Landing Gear - Here Dave has the grear mounted on his drill press
to drill the holes for the spacer pin. Dave had another photo (which I didn't
happen to get scanned) that showed a real interesting solution to drilling
the additional holes for the mounting of the wheels. He raised his
drill press so he could stand the gear on it's end and do the drilling on
the press. (Now why are these holes not drilled by the factory?) |
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Landing Gear - The only way to mount the gear. Turn the Fuselage
on it's back and mount the gear. This is best done before mounting
the Vertical Stabilizer. |
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Nose Gear - The Steel Firewall is cut and in place and the new castering
Nose Gear have been installed. |
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Elevator control rod with support on mid bulkhead. |