No work tonight, because I had to run to the freight yard to pick up my engine! It’s a factory new Lycoming YIO-540D4A5. I opened
Engine’s here!
Author: Ed
Wheels and brakes DONE
Tonight, I went thru the wheel and brake assembly and made sure everything was torqued. I also took the time to figure out the best
Repeat on the right
The first half of the night was spent repeating the process of cutting back the wheel opening and starting the work on getting the pant
More pants stuff
I started tonight by installing nutplates on the wheel pant brackets. After that, I started working on smoothing the joint between the left pant halves.
And again on the other side
The epoxy pads I had injected into the wheel pants last night were cured, so I popped off the front half of the pants and
Drilling pants
After the literal blood sweat and tears (and curse words) in the initial setup of the jig, and with 9 operational fingers, I continued on
More pants
After splitting the pant halves that were epoxied up last night, I built a jig to help me align the wheel pants to the plane.
Starting the landing gear fairings
Since I’m in the fiberglass mindset, I’m choosing to start working on the landing gear fairings. The first step is to make sure the wheel
Props here!
The propeller showed up today! It’s an 80″ Hartzell blended airfoil two bladed prop. It’s surprising how heavy it is. I pulled it out of
Tunnel cover modification
The forward tunnel cover needs to be modified to work with the control approach rudder pedals. This pedal system has a pair of arms that