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RV-8 N605TT
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Date: 9-27-2009
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Number of Hours: 2.00
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Brief Description: Grove gear install part 4
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Big event in the shop tonight. Closed eyes, scared to look kinda big. I took the gear legs off after drilling socket access to the 1/4" bolts on the outboard brackets and got the fuselage attached back to the engine stand in the rotisserie configuration. I was rotating the fuse, and, and, and, it's still hard to say it, the tailwheel fell off the stand. Now, the tailwheel spring is mounted and the tailwheel is on, and the fuse is attached very loosely to the engine stand so that I don't have to worry about misalignment putting stress on the airframe. Due to the looseness in the firewall mounting bracket to the engine stand, there is lattitude in horizontal angle that the fuse can rest without putting stress on the engine mount holes, and I think that the fuse resting on the tail wheel in this configuration didn't cause any damage. I'm going to have a couple of experienced RV builders come take a look to back me up, but I couldn't find any signs of damage. I seem to be getting good at making this project more of a challenge than it inherently is.
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