Rigging the Nosewheel for a Cessna Style Tow Bar

Rigging the Nosewheel for a Cessna Style Tow Bar

This didn’t really fit anywhere else, but we finally bought a tow bar. It’s a Cessna Style, and we’re using our nose pant standoff and some washers as the attachment point for the tow bar.   For formatting only Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisci elit, sed eiusmod tempor incidunt ut labore et dolore […]

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Brake Bleeding

Brake Bleeding

Brake bleeding is an often-discussed area of discontent amongst builders. Whether you have the toe brakes or not, it’s very hard to get all of the bubbles out of the brake system. Starting at the brake and back-bleeding seems to work best, with a pressure bleeder, but I’d like to put in a plug for […]

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Stainless Steel Braided Brake Line Upgrade

Stainless Steel Braided Brake Line Upgrade

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Brake and Wheel Upgrades

Brake and Wheel Upgrades

No new pictures, but the wing-to-strake junction is good to go, and the wings will be coming back off soon. We have a little fiddling with the cowling do do yet. The new SS flex brake lines have replaced the nylaflow on the legs, and the resevoir has been moved under the nose hatch. Along […]

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Nosewheel Shimmy Dampener

Nosewheel Shimmy Dampener

I finally found the Nylon nut that Andy gave me at Oshkosh (it was still in my pocket, so it’s nice and clean) . We’ll use this to hopefully reduce our steering friction, but still maintain good anti-shimmy dampening. Also, you can see that I lost my mind, and have decided to go ahead and […]

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Brake Reservoir Relocation

Brake Reservoir Relocation

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