It was a quick exercise, but probably one of the more satisfying tasks to date! I decided it was time to attach the landing gear. This bird has to learn to walk before she can fly! I supported the front and rear with adjustable sawhorses from Harbor Freight so it would allow me to adjust the height as needed. Once I was able to fit the gear under, I carefully moved the rear sawhorse backward so the fuselage would start to rest on the gear. It took a bit to get the right height and placement of the gear. I realized I couldn’t rest the fuselage on the gear right away, otherwise I couldn’t fit the bolt sleeves in. It’s not possible to insert them from inside the fuselage. Once the placement was good, the bolts went in quickly. Just took a light tapping with a hammer to drive them all the way through. I then removed the front sawhorse and rested the fuselage on the main gear! Now on to the nose gear! The bolts didn’t fit through the firewall very well, it took a bit of reaming to get them to pass through. I certainly didn’t want any ‘play’ with the bolts, so I took my time getting the fit just right. Now that everything was put together, the plane didn’t fit! I had to turn the plane around and rest the tail on the cabinets. No big deal moving the plane.. surprised by how light it is! Comments are closed.
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