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Date:  7-4-2021
Number of Hours:  1.90
Manual Reference:  09-07
Brief Description:  Brake fairings

This work was over the last week, with some time off for an irritating reaction to my second Covid-19 vaccination and an irritating work schedule. Retirement beckons fecundly. And we are locked down again. Frak.

Trimmed brackets, they look loverly.

Jacked up the port side at the spar tip, pulled off the main wheel, and installed the bracket with AN960-416L washers. I was worried they would be squashed by the standard torque, so torqued them up to 60 in/lb, and they look fine. My torque wrench is out of calibration, but final torque will come later.

Ran some strip LED through the bracket and re-fitted the cover, and marked the bracket location. I fitted 2 x K-1000-3 nutplates. [Timewarp next week: eventually decided 2 mounting screws was over kill, so just went with the forward one]

Installed the cover, with the top secured with a hot glue block. Made a template that makes a profile for the mounting bracket outside the main strut that clears the brake rotor. Removed the wheel, and made a crazy arrangement of hot glued bits of wood covered with modelling clay, with 1.5mm packing pieces where this bracket will meet the cover.

Placed a bit of paper as a release over the cover, and packed modelling clay in up to where the gear fairing stops, and shaped to a pleasing profile, parallel to the brake rotor.

Removed the cover, removed the packing pieces and layed up 4 x BID, overlapping 1" onto the mail landing gear strut. I extended 2 x BID over the modelling clay to overlap the strut and gear fairing by 1", and peel plied the edges.

Was a bit tired by now, but still attempted another task, which was completely fouled up. I'm not proud of this, and discarded the work. Nuff said.
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Brackety fun

Brackety fun

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Flangey fun

Flangey fun

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