Finished uncrating the cabin assembly. Test fit the landing gear struts and skids. Had to deburr holes on skid feet to get the skid to slide thru. I also sand blasted the skid feet and applied a dry film lubricate to the ID of the feet. This seems to really help in keeping the skid tubes from binding while sliding them into the feet. I also etched and applied Alodine 1200 to the skid tubes. I plan to hard anodize these at a later date, but I wanted to chem-film them now to prevent any corrosion.I disassembled the flight controls in preparation for painting. I'm going into work this weekend to perform a Type I, Method A Sensitivity Level 3 Liquid Penetrant (Zyglo) inspection of all welds in the control assemblies. I'll then sand blast, prime with MIL-P-23377 Type I primer. Any parts in the flight controls that have metal-to-metal contact will get a dry film lubricant (Perma-Slik G). Aluminum parts will be Sulfuric Acid Anodized per MIL-A-8625 Type II, Class I.I'm going to Shot Peen (AMS-S-13165) most of the components to increase the fatigue resistance and to remove any gouges/nicks that could act as stress risers.
