Last 10 Entries
| Entry Date: Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 (details) |
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| We're on the GROUND! |
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| General
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| 1 hours
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Hurrah!
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| Entry Date: Wednesday, Feb 10, 2010 (details) |
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| Mount Tubes & Tires on the Main Wheel Assemblies & Mount Wheels |
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| General
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| 2 hours
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Seperated the wheels (manual calls for 7/16" tools, ours needed 1/2" - We have 8's).
Insert tubes inside tires and put together the wheel halves.
Checked for pinches and inflated the tires.
Attached remaining axle hardware, packed the bearings.
Slid on the wheels and drilled the final outboard cotter pin hole.
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| Entry Date: Wednesday, Feb 03, 2010 (details) |
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| Install the Brake Mounting Flanges & Torque Plates on the Axles |
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| General
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| 4 hours
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Positioned the Brake Mounting Flange on the axle with the proper angle for our taildragger configuration.
Marked and drilled using the step-method.
Installed brackets/flanges/etc.
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| Entry Date: Saturday, Jan 30, 2010 (details) |
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| Drill & Bolt the Main Gear Legs |
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| General
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| 4 hours
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Check final bolt placement before drilling and recheck alignment.
Drill main gear legs using the step method.
Clean and deburr.
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| Entry Date: Wednesday, Jan 27, 2010 (details) |
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| Insert & Position the Gear Legs |
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| General
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| 3 hours
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Test-fit gear legs in sockets to check if honing was needed.
*Left-side fit in perfectly, so this was marked "L" and we moved to the Right*
Used honing tool as necessary, cleaned and regreased between fittings.
Used a steel bar to align gear legs with proper taildragger shims.
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| Entry Date: Monday, Jan 25, 2010 (details) |
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| Support & Level the Fuselage |
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| General
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| 1 hours
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Position fuselage to assist in gear leg insertion.
Level and support.
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| Entry Date: Thursday, Oct 29, 2009 (details) |
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| Fuselage Control System Pulleys Installation |
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| General
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| 2 hours
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(still working on)
Prepared the forward pulley group for installation and made guards.
Installed the following pulleys: Lower Aft Aileron, Center Flap, Lower Outboard Flap, Upper Crossover.
*No cotter pins have been installed yet*
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| Entry Date: Wednesday, Oct 28, 2009 (details) |
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| Install the Cable Fairleads |
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| General
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| 0.5 hours
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Trimmed the four plastic fairleads and installed in the fuselage cage.
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| Entry Date: Monday, Oct 26, 2009 (details) |
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| Control Stick Assembly & Installation |
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| General
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| 2 hours
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Assemble the elevator/aileron control.
Prepare the control yoke bearing blocks.
Install the assembly.
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| Entry Date: Tuesday, Oct 20, 2009 (details) |
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| Assemble & Install the Flap Handle |
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| General
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| 0.5 hours
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Press dowel pin into the flap handle plunger.
Superglue flap button and plunger into the extension.
Gather all pieces, grease moving parts, and assemble.
Install the handle in the fuselage after reaming excess paint from the attach area.
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