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May 2006 - Airplane Work, At Last
Most of Feb, March and April were spent working on a house. Stripped down
to the studs, Installed all new electrical, plumbing, windows, insulation,
sheet rock, etc. Thank God its almost done! This is the second Total
House rehab I've done in four years. Lot of work.
Memorial Day - I want to pass on my deepest appreciation for all
Veterans, past and present, for ensuring our freedom and democracy. This is the
greatest nation in the world, and I'm proud to say that I'm an American. Thank
You, Waiter
29 May 2006 - PAINT DAY - YES !!!!!!!!.
 
1 and 2) Last minute minor fill-ins. One nice thing about hot weather (91
today), the West System filler is ready for sanding in about 30 minutes.
3 and 4) With everything sanded and masked off, I shoot a couple layers of
filler primer on all surfaces. About 2 hours later, a quick sanding with
220 grit I filled in a couple minor flaws with stick paste and I was ready for
the final coat.
5 and 6) Dark Gray, If you review my paint codes, you'll find that this
is the "dark" gray that is used on F-16. I'll paint the entire
bottom of the plane with this color (except the bottom of the canard, it will
be White)
28 May 2006 - Gear Doors.
1) On the left door, I put the stiffener rib to far inside and it was
interfering with the half fork when the strut retracted. SO, I cut the
stiffener off and redid it. I also fixed the edge of the grasscutter door that
got banged up . Photo 1 shops the door with the fixes post curing in my new
enhanced "Post Cure" oven. (It got up to 91 today). Both doors are
now complete including the grass cutter doors cut off and hinges installed.
Both doors are now complete and have been test fitted. As soon as I get the
flight hardware, I'll remount the doors again and finish up the brake line
routing.
2) Shows the main door with the grass cutter door removed.
27 May 2006 - Gear Doors.
I wasn't satisfied with the "stiffness" of the door, particularly in
the area that covers the tire. I added two reinforcement ribs, one on each side
of the half fork (photos 1 and 3).
I also need to rework the lower door attach bracket to make it shorter. The
original bracket was interfering with the brake line. The new bracket provides
about 1 1/2 inches between the door and the bracket. plenty of clearance for
the brake line. Temporary bolts are holding the door to the bracket. The flight
hardware is on order.
The Tabs on the upper part of the door (photos 2 and 4) make up rectangular box
about 6 by 4 inches. Its in this "box" that the brake line coils up
to allow for the up and down movement of the strut .
The "Grass-cutter" door has been cut out and hinges are installed on
the grass-cutter and the main door.
Now I need t repeat this procedure for the other door.
25 May 2006 - New O rings for the master cylinders.
Cleaned up the original master cylinders and installed new O rings. These
should work just fine with the new brakes.
20 May 2006 - Rework a couple screwups.
1) Landing Brake actuator. When closed,
there was about a 1/2 inch gap. Unfortunately, there is no adjustment in the
actuator or its mounting. Rather than remake brackets, I decided to turn the
actuator shaft 90 degrees and drill a new hole in the end of the
actuator. Works perfect, I now nave a nice tight fit when the landing
brake is retracted.
2) When I was drilling the holes in the end
of the Center Spar Box, my drill motor nicked one of the hydraulic lines: can
you say "@$#%&&*$#^#$#&@()@". It didn't puncture a hole
in the line, but I wasn't confident that it could hold the rated pressure. I
carefully cut the line in half and inserted a Swage lock Compression fitting.
Good as new.
21 May 2006 - Gear Door reinforcements and brake line routing.
I installed two ribs on the inside of the
gear door (top of photo where door covers tire) This is a week area where the
door flares out to cover the wheel. The two ribs are made two layers of carbon
BID that was cut to 1/2 inch strips, then super glued into position. The
ribs were then covered with three layers of BID on each side, curving onto the
door (8 layers total)
Near the bottom of the door it looks like a
square box was installed. This "box" was made the same way as the
ribs, but only two layers of BID on each side. (6 total). The purpose of
the "box" is to serve as a containment area for the brake line.
When finished, the brake line will come straight up from the strut, and do a
360 loop inside this box before it connects to a bulkhead fitting. This
brakeline "loop" allows the strut to move up and down. When the strut
is compressed, either from landing or during gear retraction, the brake line
loop is a large diameter and touches the sides of the "box".
When the strut is extended, it pulls the brake line down and the loop becomes
smaller inside the "box".
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