We did most of the sump tank work while at the factory during our week of “Head Start” training, and even verified that it didn’t leak before we left (so if it leaks later I’ll be highly miffed. We also tapped the hardpoints at the factory. There are 2 connections in the pre-installed hard point […]
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Beth and I spent the week of 10 June to 18 June (2002) in Sebastian in the Head Start program at the Service Center. We had a great trip, and worked our butts off. Unfortunately, we didn’t really get to do the whole Florida-Tourist thing, but with the weather being pretty stormy the whole trip, […]
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Much of this section was completed prior to delivery as part of the quick build fuselage. The location of the king pin and shock locations were set, for example, but we did rough out the inside skin where the gear leg pass down through and reinforce it with two layers of bid. Then we located […]
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The trailing edge of the canard was next tapered to about .03″, and 4 straightedges were attached to the canard and elevators to hold them in alignment while the hinge arms were potted in. The elevators are checked to be in alignment with a string down the torque tubes, and the gap to the canard […]
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Once the hinges have cured, we mounted the hinge arms to each hinge and placed the elevators in the trailing edge slot of the canard. The hinge arm locations were then transferred to the canard, and slots were carved out of the canard to accept them approximately 3/8″ x 1 -1/4″ all the way to […]
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To install the elevator hinges, we aligned the vertical tabs to be flush with our marks from the previous section and verified that they were inline with each other with string. Also differing from what was stated in the manual, we received both left and right hinges, and aligned them with the vertical plated facing […]
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