KitLog pro

Powered By Kitlog Pro v2.0

Home of the Spodplane
' style=
Date:  2-16-2015
Number of Hours:  4.50
Manual Reference:  
Brief Description:  MLG Axle install

Endless hours of gymnastics and wobbly string lines...

Marked Axle locations on Struts. Adjusted 1/8" down (while inverted) STBD side for level, 1/4" AFT on the PORT side and 1/4" FWD on the STBD side. to allow for the strut twist.

Put strings on the FWD and AFT centerline and place an X on a bit of paper stuck on the wall. Stick another couple of bits in line with the axles and mark the outer face positions.

Have a squint through the plans 1/4" OD tubing and almost have a cow. I can see the whole wall and don't see how I could use it for any useful measurement. End up sacrificing a Kilometrico pen, cutting the end off, cleaning the ink out of the reservoir tube, cutting the tube into 1" sections, and wrapping in masking tape until they are a light interference fit back into the pen. Sighting along this is a lot more indistinct, but I can tell the center to within a few mm on the back wall. When I rotate the tube the picture stays the same, but will invert when measuring to check this.

Extend the width of the Axle flange, plus the 1/2 the width of the sighting tube, then in again 0.72" for the 14.4' to the wall.

Started sanding the PORT outer face of the Strut flat, and noticed I can use the original marking with the tube flat on the strut. Saved a bit of time.

At about the same moment that I notice that a leg of the sawhorse had been bumped off its bondo pad, and so the fuselage is out of level, one of the bits of paper falls off the wall. Threw some tools around, went and drank beer, looked at internet to share other's despair at this bit. Didn't find any :) Looked at 'Super-tabs' again...

http://www.speers.nu/Holtej/cozy/images/ch09/tab_10.JPG
' style=

Hmmm.

Hmmm.

' style=

Working up the nerve to attach the Strut

Working up the nerve to attach the Strut

' style=










Copyright © 2001-2024 Matronics. All Rights Reserved.